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

#30,144
“emménage” frequency rank
#19,533
“emmenée” frequency rank
49677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emménage emmenée
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emménager. Participe passé féminin singulier de emmener.

Where the eye mixes emménage and emmenée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. emménage runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against emmenée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
emménage
7 ch
emmenée

Why the eye confuses emménage with emmenée

A purely visual mix-up. emménage (\ɑ̃.me.naʒ\) and emmenée (\ɑ̃.mə.ne\) 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 49677, 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\. emmenée is at rank #19,533, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.mə.ne\.

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 49677, this pair ranks #168,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emménage vs emmenée

Shared letters: emné. Private to "emménage": ag. Private to "emmenée": -.

"emménage" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "emmenée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "emménage" for "emmenée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.me.naʒ\ versus \ɑ̃.mə.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "emménage" vs "emmenée" - which ranks higher?
"emmenée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,533 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "emménage" and "emmenée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "emménage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emmenée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emménage" and "emmenée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emmena vs emménage". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #168,729 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