Which to use
“altérée” and “alterne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,804
- “altérée” frequency rank
- #24,852
- “alterne” frequency rank
- 60656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | altérée | alterne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de altéré. | Désigne les angles formés par deux droites parallèles, avec les côtés opposés d’une même sécante. |
Where the eye mixes altérée and alterne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: altérée vs alterne
A purely visual mix-up. altérée (\al.te.ʁe\) and alterne (\al.tɛʁn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
altérée is recorded at frequency rank #35,804, classified as anadj, pronounced \al.te.ʁe\. alterne is at rank #24,852, tagged as anadj, pronounced \al.tɛʁn\.
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 60656, this pair ranks #96,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of altérée vs alterne
Shared letters: aelrt. Private to "altérée": é. Private to "alterne": n.
"altérée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "alterne" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alterne ← aletrne · allterne · altenre · alteren · alternne · alterrne · altrene · altterne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "altérée" and "alterne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "altérée" vs "alterne" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "altérée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alterne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "altérée" and "alterne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "allégée vs altérée". 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 #96,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.