Which to use
“emporté” is an adjective and “emportent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,385
- “emporté” frequency rank
- #18,472
- “emportent” frequency rank
- 26857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emporté | emportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est enclin à s’emporter de colère. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de emporter. |
Where the eye mixes emporté and emportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. emporté runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against emportent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses emporté with emportent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emporté is \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ while emportent is \ɑ̃.pɔʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emporté is recorded at frequency rank #8,385, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. emportent is at rank #18,472, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁt\.
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 26857, this pair ranks #332,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emporté vs emportent
Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "emporté": é. Private to "emportent": n.
"emporté" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "emportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emportent ← emmportent · emoprtent · emporetnt · emporrtent · emportennt · emportentt · emportetn · emportnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emporté" for "emportent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "emporté" or "emportent" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "emporté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emporté" and "emportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emportées vs emportent". 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 #332,419 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.