Which to use
“aidées” and “ailles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,633
- “aidées” frequency rank
- #25,192
- “ailles” frequency rank
- 66825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aidées | ailles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe aider. | Deuxième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe aller. |
Where the eye mixes aidées and ailles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. aidées (VVCVVC) and ailles (VVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between aidées and ailles
A purely visual mix-up. aidées (\ɛ.de\) and ailles (\aj\) 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 66825, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aidées is recorded at frequency rank #41,633, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ.de\. ailles is at rank #25,192, tagged as averb, pronounced \aj\.
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 66825, this pair ranks #66,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aidées vs ailles
Shared letters: aeis. Private to "aidées": dé. Private to "ailles": l.
"aidées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC · "ailles" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ailles ← ailels · ailless · aillse · aliles · ialles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aidées" and "ailles" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "aidées" or "ailles" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "aidées" and "ailles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aidées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ailles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aidées" and "ailles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aidées". 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 #66,090 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.