Which to use
“emportent” and “exportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,472
- “emportent” frequency rank
- #39,290
- “exportent” frequency rank
- 57762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emportent | exportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de emporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe exporter. |
Where the eye mixes emportent and exportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. emportent and exportent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses emportent with exportent
A purely visual mix-up. emportent (\ɑ̃.pɔʁt\) and exportent (\ɛk.spɔʁt\) 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 a single letter - m in “emportent” becomes x in “exportent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57762, 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\. exportent is at rank #39,290, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spɔʁt\.
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 57762, this pair ranks #113,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emportent vs exportent
Shared letters: enoprt. Private to "emportent": m. Private to "exportent": x.
"emportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "exportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emportent" for "exportent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "emportent" vs "exportent" - 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 "emportent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emportent" and "exportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportées vs exportent". 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 #113,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.