Which to use
“alimentées” and “alimentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,801
- “alimentées” frequency rank
- #28,821
- “alimentés” frequency rank
- 64622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimentées | alimentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe alimenter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe alimenter. |
Same sound, different letters: alimentées vs alimentés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. alimentées runs 10 letters (VCVCVCCVVC) against alimentés's 9 (VCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - alimentées and alimentés
This is the hard kind. alimentées and alimentés 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimentées is recorded at frequency rank #35,801, classified as averb, pronounced \a.li.mɑ̃.te\. alimentés is at rank #28,821, 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 64622, this pair ranks #76,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alimentées vs alimentés
Shared letters: aeilmnsté. Private to "alimentées": -. Private to "alimentés": -.
"alimentées" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCCVVC · "alimentés" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alimentées" for "alimentés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "alimentées" or "alimentés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "alimentées" / "alimentés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimentées" and "alimentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alimentées vs augmentées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #76,154 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.