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Which to use

“émoi” and “emojis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,825
“émoi” frequency rank
#47,315
“emojis” frequency rank
72140
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émoi emojis
Definition Forte inquiétude. Pluriel de emoji.

Where the eye mixes émoi and emojis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
émoi
6 ch
emojis

Why the eye confuses émoi with emojis

A purely visual mix-up. émoi (\e.mwa\) and emojis (\e.mo.ʒi\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

émoi is recorded at frequency rank #24,825, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.mwa\. emojis is at rank #47,315, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.mo.ʒi\.

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 72140, this pair ranks #45,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of émoi vs emojis

Shared letters: imo. Private to "émoi": é. Private to "emojis": ejs.

"émoi" · 4 letters · shape VCVV  ·  "emojis" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emojisemjois · emmojis · emoijs · emojiss · emojjis · emojsi · eomjis · meojis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "émoi" and "emojis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\e.mwa\ versus \e.mo.ʒi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "émoi" vs "emojis" - which ranks higher?
"émoi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,825 in our French list, against #47,315 for "emojis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "émoi" and "emojis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "émoi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emojis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "émoi" and "emojis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emoji vs emojis". 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 #45,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list