aiséesvsathéesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: aisées is a adjective, athées is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aisées” is an adjective and “athées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,749
“aisées” frequency rank
#20,925
“athées” frequency rank
44674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aisées athées
Definition Féminin pluriel de aisé. Pluriel de athée.

Where the eye mixes aisées and athées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. aisées (VVCVVC) and athées (VCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
aisées
6 ch
athées

Visual trap between aisées and athées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aisées is \e.ze\ while athées is \a.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aisées is recorded at frequency rank #23,749, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.ze\. athées is at rank #20,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.te\.

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 44674, this pair ranks #208,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aisées vs athées

Shared letters: aesé. Private to "aisées": i. Private to "athées": ht.

"aisées" · 6 letters · shape VVCVVC  ·  "athées" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aisées" and "athées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aisées" is an adjective and "athées" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aisées" or "athées"?
"athées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,925 in our French list, against #23,749 for "aisées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "aisées" and "athées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "athées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #208,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aisées" and "athées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitées vs aisées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #208,680 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list