Which to use
“émises” and “empilés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,829
- “émises” frequency rank
- #46,138
- “empilés” frequency rank
- 60967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émises | empilés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de émettre. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de empiler. |
Where the eye mixes émises and empilés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. émises (\e.miz\) and empilés (\ɑ̃.pi.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émises is recorded at frequency rank #14,829, classified as averb, pronounced \e.miz\. empilés is at rank #46,138, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pi.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 60967, this pair ranks #94,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émises vs empilés
Shared letters: eimsé. Private to "émises": -. Private to "empilés": lp.
"émises" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "empilés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC