émisevsexiléWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: émise is a verb, exilé is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#16,787
“émise” frequency rank
#17,950
“exilé” frequency rank
34737
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émise exilé
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de émettre. Personne qui quitte volontairement ou non son lieu de vie original.

Where the eye mixes émise and exilé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

5 ch
émise
5 ch
exilé

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émise is \e.miz\ while exilé is \ɛɡ.zi.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34737, 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\. exilé is at rank #17,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\.

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 34737, this pair ranks #281,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of émise vs exilé

Shared letters: eié. Private to "émise": ms. Private to "exilé": lx.

"émise" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "exilé" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "émise" and "exilé" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "émise" is a verb and "exilé" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "émise" or "exilé"?
"émise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,787 in our French list, against #17,950 for "exilé". 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