Which to use
“activée” and “actives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,187
- “activée” frequency rank
- #11,335
- “actives” frequency rank
- 36522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | activée | actives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de activé. | Féminin pluriel de actif. |
Where the eye mixes activée and actives
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between activée and actives
A purely visual mix-up. activée (\ak.ti.ve\) and actives (\ak.tiv\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36522, 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\. actives is at rank #11,335, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ak.tiv\.
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 36522, this pair ranks #269,011 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of activée vs actives
Shared letters: aceitv. Private to "activée": é. Private to "actives": s.
"activée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "actives" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- actives ← acctives · acitves · actievs · activess · activse · activves · acttives · actvies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "activée" and "actives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "activée" vs "actives" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "activée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "actives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,011 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "activée" and "actives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actée vs activée". 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 #269,011 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.