Which to use
“emmener” and “emmenez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,817
- “emmener” frequency rank
- #31,477
- “emmenez” frequency rank
- 38294
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emmener | emmenez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de emmener. |
Same sound, different letters: emmener vs emmenez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - emmener / emmenez
This is the hard kind. emmener 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 differ by a single letter - r in “emmener” becomes z in “emmenez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emmener is recorded at frequency rank #6,817, 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 38294, this pair ranks #256,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emmener vs emmenez
Shared letters: emn. Private to "emmener": r. Private to "emmenez": z.
"emmener" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "emmenez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "emmener" and "emmenez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "emmener" vs "emmenez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "emmener" / "emmenez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "emmener" 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 #256,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emmener" 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 #256,273 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.