Which to use
“emportées” is an adjective and “exportées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,916
- “emportées” frequency rank
- #48,514
- “exportées” frequency rank
- 92430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emportées | exportées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de emporté. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exporter. |
Where the eye mixes emportées and exportées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. emportées and exportées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between emportées and exportées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emportées is \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ while exportées is \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - m in “emportées” becomes x in “exportées”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emportées is recorded at frequency rank #43,916, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. exportées is at rank #48,514, 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 92430, this pair ranks #2,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of emportées vs exportées
Shared letters: eoprsté. Private to "emportées": m. Private to "exportées": x.
"emportées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "exportées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emportées" and "exportées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "emportées" vs "exportées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "emportées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emportées" and "exportées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expertes vs exportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #2,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.