Which to use
“achetée” and “achetez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,163
- “achetée” frequency rank
- #8,803
- “achetez” frequency rank
- 19966
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | achetée | achetez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe acheter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe acheter. |
Same sound, different letters: achetée vs achetez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. achetée (VCCVCVV) and achetez (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - achetée and achetez
This is the hard kind. achetée and achetez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19966, 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\. achetez is at rank #8,803, 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 19966, this pair ranks #370,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of achetée vs achetez
Shared letters: aceht. Private to "achetée": é. Private to "achetez": z.
"achetée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "achetez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- achetez ← acchetez · acehtez · acheetz · achetezz · achettez · achetze · achhetez · achteez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "achetée" for "achetez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "achetée" or "achetez"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "achetée" / "achetez". 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 "achetez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "achetée" and "achetez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achetée vs actée". 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 #370,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.