Which to use
“altéré” and “altérée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,954
- “altéré” frequency rank
- #35,804
- “altérée” frequency rank
- 62758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | altéré | altérée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assoiffé. | Féminin singulier de altéré. |
Same sound, different letters: altéré vs altérée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. altéré runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against altérée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - altéré / altérée
This is the hard kind. altéré and altérée are pronounced identically (\al.te.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “altéré” sits inside “altérée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
altéré is recorded at frequency rank #26,954, classified as anadj, pronounced \al.te.ʁe\. altérée is at rank #35,804, tagged as anadj, pronounced \al.te.ʁe\.
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 62758, this pair ranks #85,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of altéré vs altérée
Shared letters: alrté. Private to "altéré": -. Private to "altérée": e.
"altéré" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "altérée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "altéré" for "altérée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "altéré" vs "altérée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"altéré" and "altérée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "altéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "altérée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "altéré" and "altérée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actée vs altéré". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #85,448 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.