Which to use
“empare” and “emparée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,782
- “empare” frequency rank
- #34,080
- “emparée” frequency rank
- 47862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empare | emparée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emparer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de emparer. |
Where the eye mixes empare and emparée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. empare runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against emparée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between empare and emparée
A purely visual mix-up. empare (\ɑ̃.paʁ\) and emparée (\ɑ̃.pa.ʁe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empare is recorded at frequency rank #13,782, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.paʁ\. emparée is at rank #34,080, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pa.ʁe\.
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 47862, this pair ranks #183,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of empare vs emparée
Shared letters: aempr. Private to "empare": -. Private to "emparée": é.
"empare" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "emparée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- empare ← emapre · emmpare · empaer · emppare · emprae · epmare · mepare
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "empare" and "emparée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "empare" or "emparée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "empare" and "emparée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "empare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emparée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empare" and "emparée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emparée vs espérée". 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 #183,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.