Which to use
“emmerder” is a verb and “emmerdes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,616
- “emmerder” frequency rank
- #18,190
- “emmerdes” frequency rank
- 33806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emmerder | emmerdes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Souiller d’excréments. | Pluriel de emmerde. |
Where the eye mixes emmerder and emmerdes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. emmerder and emmerdes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses emmerder with emmerdes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emmerder is \ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de\ while emmerdes is \ɑ̃.mɛʁd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “emmerder” becomes s in “emmerdes”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emmerder is recorded at frequency rank #15,616, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.mɛʁ.de\. emmerdes is at rank #18,190, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.mɛʁd\.
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 33806, this pair ranks #288,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emmerder vs emmerdes
Shared letters: demr. Private to "emmerder": -. Private to "emmerdes": s.
"emmerder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "emmerdes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emmerder" and "emmerdes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "emmerder" vs "emmerdes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "emmerder" and "emmerdes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "emmerder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emmerdes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emmerder" and "emmerdes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emmènes vs emmerdes". 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 #288,146 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.