Which to use
“empruntée” and “empruntées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,533
- “empruntée” frequency rank
- #40,244
- “empruntées” frequency rank
- 63777
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empruntée | empruntées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de emprunté. | Féminin pluriel de emprunté. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set empruntée and empruntées apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. empruntée and empruntées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.te\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “empruntée” sits inside “empruntées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empruntée is recorded at frequency rank #23,533, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.te\. empruntées is at rank #40,244, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.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 63777, this pair ranks #80,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of empruntée vs empruntées
Shared letters: emnprtué. Private to "empruntée": -. Private to "empruntées": s.
"empruntée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "empruntées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "empruntée" and "empruntées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "empruntée" or "empruntées"?
Remembering empruntée vs empruntées
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “empruntée” entry
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