Which to use
“emportée” is a noun and “exportée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,997
- “emportée” frequency rank
- #47,330
- “exportée” frequency rank
- 68327
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emportée | exportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui s’emporte facilement. | Participe passé féminin singulier de exporter. |
Where the eye mixes emportée and exportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. emportée and exportée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses emportée with exportée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emportée is \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ while exportée is \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - m in “emportée” becomes x in “exportée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68327, 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\. 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 68327, this pair ranks #59,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of emportée vs exportée
Shared letters: eoprté. Private to "emportée": m. Private to "exportée": x.
"emportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "exportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emportée" and "exportée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "emportée" or "exportée" 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 "emportée" 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 #59,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emportée" and "exportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportée vs exportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.