Which to use
“émouvante” and “émouvants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,215
- “émouvante” frequency rank
- #48,282
- “émouvants” frequency rank
- 69497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émouvante | émouvants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de émouvant. | Masculin pluriel de émouvant. |
Where the eye mixes émouvante and émouvants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. émouvante (\e.mu.vɑ̃t\) and émouvants (\e.mu.vɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - e in “émouvante” becomes s in “émouvants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émouvante is recorded at frequency rank #21,215, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.mu.vɑ̃t\. émouvants is at rank #48,282, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.mu.vɑ̃\.
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 69497, this pair ranks #54,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émouvante vs émouvants
Shared letters: amnotuvé. Private to "émouvante": e. Private to "émouvants": s.
"émouvante" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCCV · "émouvants" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCCC