Which to use
“emporté” is an adjective and “exportée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,385
- “emporté” frequency rank
- #47,330
- “exportée” frequency rank
- 55715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emporté | exportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est enclin à s’emporter de colère. | Participe passé féminin singulier de exporter. |
Where the eye mixes emporté and exportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. emporté runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against exportée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between emporté and exportée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emporté is \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ while exportée is \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 55715, 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\. exportée is at rank #47,330, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\.
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 55715, this pair ranks #125,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emporté vs exportée
Shared letters: eoprté. Private to "emporté": m. Private to "exportée": x.
"emporté" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "exportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emporté" for "exportée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "emporté" or "exportée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "emporté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emporté" and "exportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportée vs exportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #125,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.