Which to use
“emmenée” and “emmener” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,533
- “emmenée” frequency rank
- #6,817
- “emmener” frequency rank
- 26350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emmenée | emmener |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier 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. |
Same sound, different letters: emmenée vs emmener
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. emmenée (VCCVCVV) and emmener (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: emmenée vs emmener
This is the hard kind. emmenée and emmener are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.mə.ne\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emmenée is recorded at frequency rank #19,533, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.mə.ne\. 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 26350, this pair ranks #335,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emmenée vs emmener
Shared letters: emn. Private to "emmenée": é. Private to "emmener": r.
"emmenée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "emmener" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emmener ← ememner · emener · emmeenr · emmenerr · emmenner · emmenre · emmneer · memener
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "emmenée" vs "emmener" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"emmenée" and "emmener" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "emmenée" 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 #335,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emmenée" and "emmener" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emmenée 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 #335,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.