Which to use
“aidée” and “aidées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,081
- “aidée” frequency rank
- #41,633
- “aidées” frequency rank
- 56714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aidée | aidées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe aider. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe aider. |
Same sound, different letters: aidée vs aidées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. aidée runs 5 letters (VVCVV) against aidées's 6 (VVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: aidée vs aidées
This is the hard kind. aidée and aidées are pronounced identically (\ɛ.de\) 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) - “aidée” sits inside “aidées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aidée is recorded at frequency rank #15,081, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ.de\. aidées is at rank #41,633, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ.de\.
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 56714, this pair ranks #119,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aidée vs aidées
Shared letters: adeié. Private to "aidée": -. Private to "aidées": s.
"aidée" · 5 letters · shape VVCVV · "aidées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aidée" and "aidées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "aidée" or "aidées" show up more?
After this comparison
"aidée" and "aidées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "aidée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aidées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aidée" and "aidées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aidées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #119,386 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.