Which to use
“achevé” and “achevées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,267
- “achevé” frequency rank
- #34,845
- “achevées” frequency rank
- 42112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | achevé | achevées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est accompli, parfait, qui a toutes les bonnes qualités de son genre. | Féminin pluriel de achevé. |
Same sound, different letters: achevé vs achevées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. achevé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against achevées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - achevé / achevées
This is the hard kind. achevé and achevées are pronounced identically (\a.ʃə.ve\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “achevé” sits inside “achevées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
achevé is recorded at frequency rank #7,267, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʃə.ve\. achevées is at rank #34,845, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʃə.ve\.
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 42112, this pair ranks #228,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of achevé vs achevées
Shared letters: acehvé. Private to "achevé": -. Private to "achevées": s.
"achevé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "achevées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "achevé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "achevées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "achevé" and "achevées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achevées vs activées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #228,134 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.