Which to use
“alerte” and “alertés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,907
- “alerte” frequency rank
- #46,571
- “alertés” frequency rank
- 49478
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alerte | alertés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se tient sur ses gardes. | Masculin pluriel de alerté. |
Where the eye mixes alerte and alertés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. alerte runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against alertés's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses alerte with alertés
A purely visual mix-up. alerte (\a.lɛʁt\) and alertés (\a.lɛʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alerte is recorded at frequency rank #2,907, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.lɛʁt\. alertés is at rank #46,571, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.lɛʁ.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 49478, this pair ranks #170,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alerte vs alertés
Shared letters: aelrt. Private to "alerte": -. Private to "alertés": sé.
"alerte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "alertés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alerte ← aelrte · aleret · alerrte · alertte · aletre · allerte · alrete · laerte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alerte" and "alertés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "alerte" or "alertés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "alerte" and "alertés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alerte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alertés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alerte" and "alertés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alertés vs amères". 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 #170,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.