Which to use
“achetée” and “achetées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,163
- “achetée” frequency rank
- #18,635
- “achetées” frequency rank
- 29798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | achetée | achetées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe acheter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe acheter. |
Same sound, different letters: achetée vs achetées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. achetée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against achetées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: achetée vs achetées
This is the hard kind. achetée and achetées are pronounced identically (\a.ʃə.te\) and both work as averb. 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) - “achetée” sits inside “achetées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
achetée is recorded at frequency rank #11,163, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.te\. achetées is at rank #18,635, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʃə.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 29798, this pair ranks #314,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of achetée vs achetées
Shared letters: acehté. Private to "achetée": -. Private to "achetées": s.
"achetée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "achetées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "achetée" and "achetées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "achetée" vs "achetées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "achetée" / "achetées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "achetée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "achetées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "achetée" and "achetées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achetées vs achetons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #314,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.