Which to use
“emmenée” and “emmenez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,533
- “emmenée” frequency rank
- #31,477
- “emmenez” frequency rank
- 51010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emmenée | emmenez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de emmener. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de emmener. |
Same sound, different letters: emmenée vs emmenez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. emmenée (VCCVCVV) and emmenez (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - emmenée / emmenez
This is the hard kind. emmenée and emmenez 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 51010, 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\. emmenez is at rank #31,477, 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 51010, this pair ranks #158,263 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emmenée vs emmenez
Shared letters: emn. Private to "emmenée": é. Private to "emmenez": z.
"emmenée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "emmenez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emmenez ← ememnez · emenez · emmeenz · emmenezz · emmennez · emmenze · emmneez · memenez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emmenée" and "emmenez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "emmenée" or "emmenez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "emmenée" / "emmenez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "emmenée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emmenez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,263 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emmenée" and "emmenez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emmènes vs emmenez". 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 #158,263 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.