emplivsemplitWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: empli is a noun, emplit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“empli” is a noun and “emplit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,779
“empli” frequency rank
#46,139
“emplit” frequency rank
84918
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature empli emplit
Definition Opération qui consiste à remplir des moules avec du sirop de sucre cuit dans une sucrerie, ou avec du savon dans une savonnerie. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de emplir.

Same sound, different letters: empli vs emplit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

5 ch
empli
6 ch
emplit

Homophone desk: empli vs emplit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: empli and emplit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.pli\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “empli” sits inside “emplit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

empli is recorded at frequency rank #38,779, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.pli\. emplit is at rank #46,139, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pli\.

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 84918, this pair ranks #12,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of empli vs emplit

Shared letters: eilmp. Private to "empli": -. Private to "emplit": t.

"empli" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "emplit" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • empliemlpi · emmpli · empil · emplli · emppli · epmli · mepli
  • emplitemlpit · emmplit · empilt · emplitt · empllit · emplti · empplit · epmlit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "empli" and "emplit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "empli" is a noun and "emplit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "empli" or "emplit"?
"empli" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,779 in our French list, against #46,139 for "emplit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "empli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emplit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "empli" and "emplit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émit vs emplit". 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 #12,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list