Which to use
“emparée” and “emparés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,080
- “emparée” frequency rank
- #30,585
- “emparés” frequency rank
- 64665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emparée | emparés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de emparer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de emparer. |
Same sound, different letters: emparée vs emparés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. emparée (VCCVCVV) and emparés (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: emparée vs emparés
This is the hard kind. emparée and emparés are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.pa.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “emparée” becomes s in “emparés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emparée is recorded at frequency rank #34,080, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pa.ʁe\. emparés is at rank #30,585, 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 64665, this pair ranks #75,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of emparée vs emparés
Shared letters: aempré. Private to "emparée": -. Private to "emparés": s.
"emparée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "emparés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "emparée" and "emparés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "emparée" or "emparés"?
What to do next
"emparée" and "emparés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "emparée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emparés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emparée" and "emparés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emparée vs espérée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #75,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.