Which to use
“annuité” is a noun and “annulée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,856
- “annuité” frequency rank
- #10,630
- “annulée” frequency rank
- 55486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | annuité | annulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Somme d’argent qu’on paie par années, au lieu de la payer en une fois. | Féminin singulier de annulé. |
Where the eye mixes annuité and annulée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. annuité (VCCVVCV) and annulée (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: annuité vs annulée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: annuité is \a.nɥi.te\ while annulée is \a.ny.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
annuité is recorded at frequency rank #44,856, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.nɥi.te\. annulée is at rank #10,630, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ny.le\.
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 55486, this pair ranks #127,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of annuité vs annulée
Shared letters: anué. Private to "annuité": it. Private to "annulée": el.
"annuité" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "annulée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "annuité" for "annulée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "annuité" or "annulée"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "annuité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "annulée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "annuité" and "annulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acuité vs annuité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #127,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.