Which to use
“alimente” and “alimentées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,193
- “alimente” frequency rank
- #35,801
- “alimentées” frequency rank
- 49994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimente | alimentées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe alimenter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe alimenter. |
Where the eye mixes alimente and alimentées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. alimente runs 8 letters (VCVCVCCV) against alimentées's 10 (VCVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alimente vs alimentées
A purely visual mix-up. alimente (\a.li.mɑ̃t\) and alimentées (\a.li.mɑ̃.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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimente is recorded at frequency rank #14,193, classified as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃t\. alimentées is at rank #35,801, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃.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 49994, this pair ranks #166,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alimente vs alimentées
Shared letters: aeilmnt. Private to "alimente": -. Private to "alimentées": sé.
"alimente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV · "alimentées" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alimente ← ailmente · aliemnte · alimenet · alimennte · alimentte · alimetne · alimmente · alimnete
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alimente" and "alimentées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "alimente" or "alimentées"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimente" and "alimentées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alimentées vs augmentées". 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 #166,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.