Which to use
“empilés” and “empirer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,138
- “empilés” frequency rank
- #18,191
- “empirer” frequency rank
- 64329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empilés | empirer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de empiler. | Rendre pire, faire devenir de pire qualité, de pire condition, mettre en pire état. |
Where the eye mixes empilés and empirer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses empilés with empirer
A purely visual mix-up. empilés (\ɑ̃.pi.le\) and empirer (\ɑ̃.pi.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empilés is recorded at frequency rank #46,138, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pi.le\. empirer is at rank #18,191, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pi.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 64329, this pair ranks #77,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of empilés vs empirer
Shared letters: eimp. Private to "empilés": lsé. Private to "empirer": r.
"empilés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "empirer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- empirer ← emiprer · emmpirer · empierr · empirerr · empirrer · emppirer · emprier · epmirer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "empilés" and "empirer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "empilés" or "empirer" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "empilés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "empirer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empilés" and "empirer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édiles vs empilés". 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 #77,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.