Which to use
“émise” and “évite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,787
- “émise” frequency rank
- #5,096
- “évite” frequency rank
- 21883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émise | évite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de émettre. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éviter. |
Where the eye mixes émise and évite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. émise (\e.miz\) and évite (\e.vit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21883, 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\. évite is at rank #5,096, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.vit\.
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 21883, this pair ranks #360,941 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of émise vs évite
Shared letters: eié. Private to "émise": ms. Private to "évite": tv.
"émise" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "évite" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV