emmènevsemmenerTell them apart

Which to use

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

#6,818
“emmène” frequency rank
#6,817
“emmener” frequency rank
13635
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emmène emmener
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emmener. 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 emmène and emmener

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. emmène runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against emmener's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
emmène
7 ch
emmener

Why the eye confuses emmène with emmener

A purely visual mix-up. emmène (\ɑ̃.mɛn\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emmène is recorded at frequency rank #6,818, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.mɛn\. 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 13635, this pair ranks #400,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of emmène vs emmener

Shared letters: emn. Private to "emmène": è. Private to "emmener": r.

"emmène" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "emmener" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emmenerememner · emener · emmeenr · emmenerr · emmenner · emmenre · emmneer · memener

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "emmène" for "emmener" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.mɛn\ versus \ɑ̃.mə.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "emmène" or "emmener"?
"emmener" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,817 in our French list, against #6,818 for "emmène". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "emmène" 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 #400,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emmène" and "emmener" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emmène vs emmènes". 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 #400,193 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