emportervsexportésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“emporter” and “exportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,340
“emporter” frequency rank
#32,814
“exportés” frequency rank
38154
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emporter exportés
Definition Porter hors d’un lieu. Participe passé masculin pluriel de exporter.

Where the eye mixes emporter and exportés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. emporter and exportés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
emporter
8 ch
exportés

Why the eye confuses emporter with exportés

A purely visual mix-up. emporter (\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) and exportés (\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 38154, 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\. exportés is at rank #32,814, 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 38154, this pair ranks #257,279 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emporter vs exportés

Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "emporter": m. Private to "exportés": sxé.

"emporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "exportés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emporter ← emmporter · emoprter · emporetr · emporrter · emporterr · emportre · emportter · empotrer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "emporter" and "exportés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ versus \ɛk.spɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "emporter" vs "exportés" - which ranks higher?
"emporter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,340 in our French list, against #32,814 for "exportés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "emporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,279 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emporter" and "exportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportées vs exportés". 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 #257,279 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list