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

#30,144
“emménage” frequency rank
#26,713
“emménager” frequency rank
56857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emménage emménager
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emménager. Mettre en ménage ; installer dans un logement.

Where the eye mixes emménage and emménager

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. emménage runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against emménager's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
emménage
9 ch
emménager

Look-alike desk: emménage vs emménager

A purely visual mix-up. emménage (\ɑ̃.me.naʒ\) and emménager (\ɑ̃.me.na.ʒe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “emménage” sits inside “emménager”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emménage is recorded at frequency rank #30,144, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.me.naʒ\. emménager is at rank #26,713, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.me.na.ʒe\.

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 56857, this pair ranks #118,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emménage vs emménager

Shared letters: aegmné. Private to "emménage": -. Private to "emménager": r.

"emménage" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "emménager" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "emménage" for "emménager" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.me.naʒ\ versus \ɑ̃.me.na.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "emménage" or "emménager"?
"emménager" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,713 in our French list, against #30,144 for "emménage". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "emménage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emménager" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emménage" and "emménager" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emmena vs emménage". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #118,483 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