Which to use
“emplit” and “emploie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,139
- “emplit” frequency rank
- #5,240
- “emploie” frequency rank
- 51379
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emplit | emploie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de emplir. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de employer. |
Where the eye mixes emplit and emploie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. emplit runs 6 letters (VCCCVC) against emploie's 7 (VCCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between emplit and emploie
A purely visual mix-up. emplit (\ɑ̃.pli\) and emploie (\ɑ̃.plwa\) 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 51379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emplit is recorded at frequency rank #46,139, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pli\. emploie is at rank #5,240, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa\.
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 51379, this pair ranks #155,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emplit vs emploie
Shared letters: eilmp. Private to "emplit": t. Private to "emploie": o.
"emplit" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC · "emploie" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emplit" for "emploie" ever safe?
Which is more common, "emplit" or "emploie"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "emplit" and "emploie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "emplit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emploie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emplit" and "emploie" 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 #155,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.