Which to use
“emportent” and “emporter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,472
- “emportent” frequency rank
- #5,340
- “emporter” frequency rank
- 23812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emportent | emporter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de emporter. | Porter hors d’un lieu. |
Where the eye mixes emportent and emporter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. emportent runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCC) against emporter's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between emportent and emporter
A purely visual mix-up. emportent (\ɑ̃.pɔʁt\) and emporter (\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emportent is recorded at frequency rank #18,472, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁt\. emporter is at rank #5,340, tagged as averb, 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 23812, this pair ranks #350,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emportent vs emporter
Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "emportent": n. Private to "emporter": -.
"emportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "emporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emportent" for "emporter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "emportent" vs "emporter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "emportent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emporter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emportent" and "emporter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emportées vs emportent". 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 #350,313 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.