Which to use
“alimentée” and “alimenter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,841
- “alimentée” frequency rank
- #7,648
- “alimenter” frequency rank
- 29489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimentée | alimenter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe alimenter. | Nourrir ; pourvoir des aliments nécessaires. |
Same sound, different letters: alimentée vs alimenter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. alimentée (VCVCVCCVV) and alimenter (VCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: alimentée vs alimenter
This is the hard kind. alimentée and alimenter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29489, 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\. alimenter is at rank #7,648, 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 29489, this pair ranks #316,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alimentée vs alimenter
Shared letters: aeilmnt. Private to "alimentée": é. Private to "alimenter": r.
"alimentée" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVV · "alimenter" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alimenter ← ailmenter · aliemnter · alimenetr · alimennter · alimenterr · alimentre · alimentter · alimetner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alimentée" for "alimenter" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "alimentée" or "alimenter" show up more?
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 "alimentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alimenter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimentée" and "alimenter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alimentée vs alimentées". 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 #316,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.