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Which to use

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

#26,713
“emménager” frequency rank
#6,817
“emmener” frequency rank
33530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emménager emmener
Definition Mettre en ménage ; installer dans un logement. Mener du lieu où l’on est vers un autre lieu ; utilisé plutôt en parlant de personnes ou d’objets capables de se déplacer, comme par exemple des véhicules.

Where the eye mixes emménager and emmener

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. emménager runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against emmener's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
emménager
7 ch
emmener

Why the eye confuses emménager with emmener

A purely visual mix-up. emménager (\ɑ̃.me.na.ʒe\) and emmener (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emménager is recorded at frequency rank #26,713, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.me.na.ʒe\. emmener is at rank #6,817, 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 33530, this pair ranks #290,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emménager vs emmener

Shared letters: emnr. Private to "emménager": agé. Private to "emmener": -.

"emménager" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "emmener" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emmener ← ememner · emener · emmeenr · emmenerr · emmenner · emmenre · emmneer · memener

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "emménager" and "emmener" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.me.na.ʒe\ versus \ɑ̃.mə.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "emménager" vs "emmener" - which ranks higher?
"emmener" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,817 in our French list, against #26,713 for "emménager". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "emménager" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emmener" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #290,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emménager" and "emmener" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emménage vs emménager". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #290,018 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