Which to use
“alimenter” and “alimentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,648
- “alimenter” frequency rank
- #28,821
- “alimentés” frequency rank
- 36469
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimenter | alimentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nourrir ; pourvoir des aliments nécessaires. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe alimenter. |
Same sound, different letters: alimenter vs alimentés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. alimenter and alimentés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: alimenter vs alimentés
This is the hard kind. alimenter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimenter is recorded at frequency rank #7,648, 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 36469, this pair ranks #269,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alimenter vs alimentés
Shared letters: aeilmnt. Private to "alimenter": r. Private to "alimentés": sé.
"alimenter" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC · "alimentés" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alimenter ← ailmenter · aliemnter · alimenetr · alimennter · alimenterr · alimentre · alimentter · alimetner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alimenter" for "alimentés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "alimenter" or "alimentés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "alimenter" / "alimentés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimenter" 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 #269,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimenter" and "alimentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aliénés vs alimentés". 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 #269,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.