Which to use
“alimentée” and “alimentées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,841
- “alimentée” frequency rank
- #35,801
- “alimentées” frequency rank
- 57642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimentée | alimentées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe alimenter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe alimenter. |
Same sound, different letters: alimentée vs alimentées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. alimentée runs 9 letters (VCVCVCCVV) against alimentées's 10 (VCVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - alimentée / alimentées
This is the hard kind. alimentée and alimentées are pronounced identically (\a.li.mɑ̃.te\) and both work as averb. 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) - “alimentée” sits inside “alimentées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimentée is recorded at frequency rank #21,841, classified as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃.te\. 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 57642, this pair ranks #113,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alimentée vs alimentées
Shared letters: aeilmnté. Private to "alimentée": -. Private to "alimentées": s.
"alimentée" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVV · "alimentées" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alimentée" and "alimentées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "alimentée" vs "alimentées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"alimentée" and "alimentées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentée" 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 #113,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimentée" and "alimentées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alimentées vs augmentées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #113,798 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.