annulévsannuléesConfusable pair

Which to use

“annulé” and “annulées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,364
“annulé” frequency rank
#28,050
“annulées” frequency rank
34414
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature annulé annulées
Definition Qui a pris une valeur nulle. Féminin pluriel de annulé.

Same sound, different letters: annulé vs annulées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. annulé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against annulées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
annulé
8 ch
annulées

Homophone desk: annulé vs annulées

This is the hard kind. annulé and annulées are pronounced identically (\a.ny.le\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “annulé” sits inside “annulées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

annulé is recorded at frequency rank #6,364, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ny.le\. annulées is at rank #28,050, 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 34414, this pair ranks #283,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of annulé vs annulées

Shared letters: alnué. Private to "annulé": -. Private to "annulées": es.

"annulé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "annulées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "annulé" and "annulées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.ny.le\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "annulé" vs "annulées" - which ranks higher?
"annulé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,364 in our French list, against #28,050 for "annulées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"annulé" and "annulées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "annulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "annulées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #283,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "annulé" and "annulées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annulées vs annulent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #283,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list