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

#6,818
“emmène” frequency rank
#49,627
“emmènes” frequency rank
56445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: emmène vs emmènes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. emmène runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against emmènes's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
emmène
7 ch
emmènes

Same sound, different spelling - emmène / emmènes

This is the hard kind. emmène and emmènes are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.mɛn\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “emmène” sits inside “emmènes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56445, 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\. emmènes is at rank #49,627, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.mɛn\.

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 56445, this pair ranks #121,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emmène vs emmènes

Shared letters: emnè. Private to "emmène": -. Private to "emmènes": s.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "emmène" and "emmènes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɑ̃.mɛn\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "emmène" vs "emmènes" - which ranks higher?
"emmène" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,818 in our French list, against #49,627 for "emmènes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "emmène" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emmènes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #121,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emmène" and "emmènes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emmena vs emmènes". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #121,056 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