Which to use
“empreintes” is a noun and “empreints” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,494
- “empreintes” frequency rank
- #46,140
- “empreints” frequency rank
- 56634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empreintes | empreints |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de empreinte. | Masculin pluriel de empreint. |
Where the eye mixes empreintes and empreints
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses empreintes with empreints
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: empreintes is \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t\ while empreints is \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empreintes is recorded at frequency rank #10,494, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t\. empreints is at rank #46,140, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃\.
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 56634, this pair ranks #119,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of empreintes vs empreints
Shared letters: eimnprst. Private to "empreintes": -. Private to "empreints": -.
"empreintes" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVCCVC · "empreints" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- empreintes ← emmpreintes · emperintes · emppreintes · empreinets · empreinntes · empreintess · empreintse · empreinttes
- empreints ← emmpreints · emperints · emppreints · empreinnts · empreinst · empreintss · empreintts · empreitns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "empreintes" and "empreints" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "empreintes" or "empreints" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "empreintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "empreints" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empreintes" and "empreints" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empreint vs empreints". 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 #119,882 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.