Which to use
“emportée” is a noun and “exportés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,997
- “emportée” frequency rank
- #32,814
- “exportés” frequency rank
- 53811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emportée | exportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui s’emporte facilement. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de exporter. |
Where the eye mixes emportée and exportés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. emportée (VCCVCCVV) and exportés (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses emportée with exportés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emportée is \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ while exportés is \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53811, 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\. exportés is at rank #32,814, 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 53811, this pair ranks #138,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emportée vs exportés
Shared letters: eoprté. Private to "emportée": m. Private to "exportés": sx.
"emportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "exportés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emportée" and "exportés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "emportée" vs "exportés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "emportée" and "exportés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "emportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emportée" and "exportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportées vs exportés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #138,203 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.