Which to use
“émise” and “exige” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,787
- “émise” frequency rank
- #4,858
- “exige” frequency rank
- 21645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émise | exige |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de émettre. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes émise and exige
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. émise (\e.miz\) and exige (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21645, 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\. exige is at rank #4,858, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ziʒ\.
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 21645, this pair ranks #362,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of émise vs exige
Shared letters: ei. Private to "émise": msé. Private to "exige": gx.
"émise" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "exige" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exige ← eixge · exgie · exieg · exigge · exxige · xeige