Which to use
“emporter” and “emportera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,340
- “emporter” frequency rank
- #29,340
- “emportera” frequency rank
- 34680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emporter | emportera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter hors d’un lieu. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de emporter. |
Where the eye mixes emporter and emportera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. emporter runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against emportera's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses emporter with emportera
A purely visual mix-up. emporter (\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) and emportera (\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “emporter” sits inside “emportera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emporter is recorded at frequency rank #5,340, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. emportera is at rank #29,340, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\.
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 34680, this pair ranks #282,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emporter vs emportera
Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "emporter": -. Private to "emportera": a.
"emporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "emportera" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "emporter" and "emportera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "emporter" or "emportera" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "emporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emportera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emporter" and "emportera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emportées vs emportera". 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 #282,147 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.