Which to use
“emprisonnée” is an adjective and “emprisonner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,933
- “emprisonnée” frequency rank
- #25,641
- “emprisonner” frequency rank
- 54574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emprisonnée | emprisonner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de emprisonné. | Mettre en prison. |
Same sound, different letters: emprisonnée vs emprisonner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. emprisonnée (VCCCVCVCCVV) and emprisonner (VCCCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: emprisonnée vs emprisonner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: emprisonnée and emprisonner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emprisonnée is recorded at frequency rank #28,933, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne\. emprisonner is at rank #25,641, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne\.
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 54574, this pair ranks #133,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emprisonnée vs emprisonner
Shared letters: eimnoprs. Private to "emprisonnée": é. Private to "emprisonner": -.
"emprisonnée" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVV · "emprisonner" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emprisonner ← emmprisonner · empirsonner · empprisonner · empriosnner · emprisnoner · emprisonenr · emprisoner · emprisonnerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emprisonnée" and "emprisonner" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "emprisonnée" or "emprisonner"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "emprisonnée" / "emprisonner". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "emprisonnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emprisonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emprisonnée" and "emprisonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emprisonne vs emprisonnée". 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 #133,116 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.