Which to use
“alerter” is a verb and “alertés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,333
- “alerter” frequency rank
- #46,571
- “alertés” frequency rank
- 63904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alerter | alertés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avertir d’un danger en donnant l’alerte. | Masculin pluriel de alerté. |
Same sound, different letters: alerter vs alertés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. alerter and alertés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: alerter vs alertés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: alerter and alertés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.lɛʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alerter is recorded at frequency rank #17,333, classified as averb, pronounced \a.lɛʁ.te\. 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 63904, this pair ranks #79,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alerter vs alertés
Shared letters: aelrt. Private to "alerter": -. Private to "alertés": sé.
"alerter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "alertés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alerter ← aelrter · aleretr · alerrter · alerterr · alertre · alertter · aletrer · allerter
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "alerter" / "alertés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "alerter" 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 #79,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alerter" 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 #79,615 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.