émisesvsévitesConfusable pair

Which to use

“émises” and “évites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,829
“émises” frequency rank
#31,315
“évites” frequency rank
46144
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émises évites
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de émettre. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éviter.

Where the eye mixes émises and évites

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
émises
6 ch
évites

Visual trap between émises and évites

A purely visual mix-up. émises (\e.miz\) and évites (\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 46144, 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\. évites is at rank #31,315, 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 46144, this pair ranks #197,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of émises vs évites

Shared letters: eisé. Private to "émises": m. Private to "évites": tv.

"émises" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "évites" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "émises" and "évites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\e.miz\ versus \e.vit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "émises" or "évites"?
"émises" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,829 in our French list, against #31,315 for "évites". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "émises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "émises" and "évites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édits vs évites". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #197,266 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list