Which to use
“emmener” and “emmerder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,817
- “emmener” frequency rank
- #15,616
- “emmerder” frequency rank
- 22433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emmener | emmerder |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Souiller d’excréments. |
Where the eye mixes emmener and emmerder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. emmener runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against emmerder's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: emmener vs emmerder
A purely visual mix-up. emmener (\ɑ̃.mə.ne\) and emmerder (\ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de\) 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 22433, 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\. emmerder is at rank #15,616, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de\.
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 22433, this pair ranks #357,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emmener vs emmerder
Shared letters: emr. Private to "emmener": n. Private to "emmerder": d.
"emmener" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "emmerder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "emmener" and "emmerder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "emmener" or "emmerder"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "emmener" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emmerder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emmener" and "emmerder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emmerdé vs emmerder". 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 #357,990 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.