Which to use
“emportée” is a noun and “emportent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,997
- “emportée” frequency rank
- #18,472
- “emportent” frequency rank
- 39469
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emportée | emportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui s’emporte facilement. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de emporter. |
Where the eye mixes emportée and emportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. emportée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against emportent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between emportée and emportent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emportée is \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ while emportent is \ɑ̃.pɔʁt\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39469, 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\. 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 39469, this pair ranks #247,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emportée vs emportent
Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "emportée": é. Private to "emportent": n.
"emportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "emportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emportent ← emmportent · emoprtent · emporetnt · emporrtent · emportennt · emportentt · emportetn · emportnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emportée" and "emportent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "emportée" or "emportent"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "emportée" 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 #247,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emportée" and "emportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emportée vs exportées". 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 #247,719 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.