Which to use
“émise” is a verb and “emprise” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,787
- “émise” frequency rank
- #8,997
- “emprise” frequency rank
- 25784
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émise | emprise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de émettre. | Action de prendre des terrains par expropriation. |
Where the eye mixes émise and emprise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. émise runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against emprise's 7 (VCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses émise with emprise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émise is \e.miz\ while emprise is \ɑ̃.pʁiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émise is recorded at frequency rank #16,787, classified as averb, pronounced \e.miz\. emprise is at rank #8,997, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.pʁiz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25784, this pair ranks #338,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of émise vs emprise
Shared letters: eims. Private to "émise": é. Private to "emprise": pr.
"émise" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "emprise" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- emprise ← emmprise · empirse · empprise · empries · emprisse · emprrise · emprsie · emrpise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "émise" for "emprise" ever safe?
Frequency check: "émise" vs "emprise" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "émise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emprise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émise" and "emprise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émise vs émit". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #338,862 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.