émisevsémusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: émise is a verb, émus is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“émise” is a verb and “émus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,787
“émise” frequency rank
#34,822
“émus” frequency rank
51609
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émise émus
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de émettre. Masculin pluriel de ému.

Where the eye mixes émise and émus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
émise
4 ch
émus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émise is \e.miz\ while émus is \e.my\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51609, 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\. émus is at rank #34,822, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.my\.

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 51609, this pair ranks #153,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of émise vs émus

Shared letters: msé. Private to "émise": ei. Private to "émus": u.

"émise" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "émus" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "émise" and "émus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "émise" is a verb and "émus" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "émise" or "émus"?
"émise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,787 in our French list, against #34,822 for "émus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list