Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "emménage" or "emménager"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- 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.