Which to use
“emporta” and “emportait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,915
- “emporta” frequency rank
- #38,270
- “emportait” frequency rank
- 82185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emporta | emportait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de emporter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de emporter. |
Where the eye mixes emporta and emportait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. emporta runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against emportait's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: emporta vs emportait
A purely visual mix-up. emporta (\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\) and emportait (\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “emporta” sits inside “emportait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emporta is recorded at frequency rank #43,915, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\. emportait is at rank #38,270, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\.
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 82185, this pair ranks #17,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of emporta vs emportait
Shared letters: aemoprt. Private to "emporta": -. Private to "emportait": i.
"emporta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "emportait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emporta" and "emportait" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "emporta" or "emportait"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "emporta" and "emportait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "emporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emportait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emporta" and "emportait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empara vs emporta". 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 #17,230 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.