Which to use
“ajoutée” and “ajoutées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,517
- “ajoutée” frequency rank
- #18,385
- “ajoutées” frequency rank
- 25902
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ajoutée | ajoutées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ajouté. | Féminin pluriel de ajouté. |
Same sound, different letters: ajoutée vs ajoutées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. ajoutée runs 7 letters (VCVVCVV) against ajoutées's 8 (VCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: ajoutée vs ajoutées
This is the hard kind. ajoutée and ajoutées are pronounced identically (\a.ʒu.te\) 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) - “ajoutée” sits inside “ajoutées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ajoutée is recorded at frequency rank #7,517, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒu.te\. ajoutées is at rank #18,385, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒu.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 25902, this pair ranks #338,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ajoutée vs ajoutées
Shared letters: aejotué. Private to "ajoutée": -. Private to "ajoutées": s.
"ajoutée" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVV · "ajoutées" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ajoutée" for "ajoutées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ajoutée" vs "ajoutées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ajoutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ajoutées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ajoutée" and "ajoutées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajoutées vs ajustées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #338,230 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.