Which to use
“émouvant” and “émouvantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,183
- “émouvant” frequency rank
- #44,825
- “émouvantes” frequency rank
- 59008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émouvant | émouvantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui émeut, qui fait naître de vives émotions. | Féminin pluriel de émouvant. |
Where the eye mixes émouvant and émouvantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. émouvant runs 8 letters (VCVVCVCC) against émouvantes's 10 (VCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses émouvant with émouvantes
A purely visual mix-up. émouvant (\e.mu.vɑ̃\) and émouvantes (\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 2 extra letter(s) - “émouvant” sits inside “émouvantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59008, 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\. émouvantes is at rank #44,825, 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 59008, this pair ranks #105,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émouvant vs émouvantes
Shared letters: amnotuvé. Private to "émouvant": -. Private to "émouvantes": es.
"émouvant" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCVCC · "émouvantes" · 10 letters · shape VCVVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "émouvant" and "émouvantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "émouvant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "émouvantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émouvant" and "émouvantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émouvantes vs émouvants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #105,612 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.