Which to use
“ancrée” and “ancrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,043
- “ancrée” frequency rank
- #36,244
- “ancrées” frequency rank
- 56287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ancrée | ancrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ancré. | Féminin pluriel de ancré. |
Same sound, different letters: ancrée vs ancrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ancrée runs 6 letters (VCCCVV) against ancrées's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ancrée / ancrées
This is the hard kind. ancrée and ancrées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.kʁe\) 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) - “ancrée” sits inside “ancrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ancrée is recorded at frequency rank #20,043, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.kʁe\. ancrées is at rank #36,244, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.kʁe\.
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 56287, this pair ranks #122,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ancrée vs ancrées
Shared letters: acenré. Private to "ancrée": -. Private to "ancrées": s.
"ancrée" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "ancrées" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ancrée" and "ancrées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ancrée" or "ancrées"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "ancrée" / "ancrées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ancrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ancrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ancrée" and "ancrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ancrées vs avérées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #122,033 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.