Which to use
“activée” and “activées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,187
- “activée” frequency rank
- #43,760
- “activées” frequency rank
- 68947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | activée | activées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de activé. | Féminin pluriel de activé. |
Same sound, different letters: activée vs activées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. activée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against activées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: activée vs activées
This is the hard kind. activée and activées are pronounced identically (\ak.ti.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 1 extra letter(s) - “activée” sits inside “activées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
activée is recorded at frequency rank #25,187, classified as anadj, pronounced \ak.ti.ve\. activées is at rank #43,760, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ak.ti.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 68947, this pair ranks #57,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of activée vs activées
Shared letters: aceitvé. Private to "activée": -. Private to "activées": s.
"activée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "activées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "activée" and "activées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "activée" or "activées"?
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 "activée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "activées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "activée" and "activées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "activées vs attirées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #57,092 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.