Which to use
“emportée” is a noun and “emportées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,997
- “emportée” frequency rank
- #43,916
- “emportées” frequency rank
- 64913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emportée | emportées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui s’emporte facilement. | Féminin pluriel de emporté. |
Same sound, different letters: emportée vs emportées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. emportée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against emportées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - emportée and emportées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: emportée and emportées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “emportée” sits inside “emportées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emportée is recorded at frequency rank #20,997, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. emportées is at rank #43,916, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.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 64913, this pair ranks #74,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of emportée vs emportées
Shared letters: emoprté. Private to "emportée": -. Private to "emportées": s.
"emportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "emportées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emportée" and "emportées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "emportée" vs "emportées" - which ranks higher?
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 "emportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emportées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emportée" and "emportées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emportées vs exportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #74,745 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.