Which to use
“émouvant” and “émouvante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,183
- “émouvant” frequency rank
- #21,215
- “émouvante” frequency rank
- 35398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émouvant | émouvante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui émeut, qui fait naître de vives émotions. | Féminin singulier de émouvant. |
Where the eye mixes émouvant and émouvante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. émouvant runs 8 letters (VCVVCVCC) against émouvante's 9 (VCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: émouvant vs émouvante
A purely visual mix-up. émouvant (\e.mu.vɑ̃\) and émouvante (\e.mu.vɑ̃t\) 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 extra letter(s) - “émouvant” sits inside “émouvante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émouvant is recorded at frequency rank #14,183, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.mu.vɑ̃\. émouvante is at rank #21,215, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.mu.vɑ̃t\.
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 35398, this pair ranks #277,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of émouvant vs émouvante
Shared letters: amnotuvé. Private to "émouvant": -. Private to "émouvante": e.
"émouvant" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCVCC · "émouvante" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "émouvant" and "émouvante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "émouvant" or "émouvante"?
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- Full dictionary entry for "émouvant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "émouvante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émouvant" and "émouvante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émouvante vs émouvants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #277,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.