Which to use
“emporter” and “exportée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,340
- “emporter” frequency rank
- #47,330
- “exportée” frequency rank
- 52670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emporter | exportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter hors d’un lieu. | Participe passé féminin singulier de exporter. |
Where the eye mixes emporter and exportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses emporter with exportée
A purely visual mix-up. emporter (\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) and exportée (\ɛk.spɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52670, 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\. exportée is at rank #47,330, 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 52670, this pair ranks #146,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emporter vs exportée
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "emporter": m. Private to "exportée": xé.
"emporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "exportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- emporter ← emmporter · emoprter · emporetr · emporrter · emporterr · emportre · emportter · empotrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emporter" and "exportée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "emporter" or "exportée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "emporter" and "exportée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "emporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emporter" and "exportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportée vs exportées". 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 #146,079 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.