Which to use
“annulée” is an adjective and “annuler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,630
- “annulée” frequency rank
- #5,725
- “annuler” frequency rank
- 16355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | annulée | annuler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de annulé. | Rendre nul. |
Same sound, different letters: annulée vs annuler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - annulée / annuler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: annulée and annuler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ny.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
annulée is recorded at frequency rank #10,630, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ny.le\. annuler is at rank #5,725, tagged as averb, 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 16355, this pair ranks #388,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of annulée vs annuler
Shared letters: aelnu. Private to "annulée": é. Private to "annuler": r.
"annulée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "annuler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- annuler ← annluer · annuelr · annulerr · annuller · annulre · anuler · anunler · nanuler
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "annulée" and "annuler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "annulée" or "annuler"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "annulée" / "annuler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "annulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "annuler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "annulée" and "annuler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annuité vs annulée". 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 #388,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.