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Which to use

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

#18,649
“anticipée” frequency rank
#22,163
“anticipées” frequency rank
40812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anticipée anticipées
Definition Féminin singulier de anticipé. Féminin pluriel de anticipé.

Same sound, different letters: anticipée vs anticipées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. anticipée runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVV) against anticipées's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
anticipée
10 ch
anticipées

Ear matches; page differs - anticipée and anticipées

This is the hard kind. anticipée and anticipées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ti.si.pe\) 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) - “anticipée” sits inside “anticipées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anticipée is recorded at frequency rank #18,649, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.si.pe\. anticipées is at rank #22,163, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.si.pe\.

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 40812, this pair ranks #237,707 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of anticipée vs anticipées

Shared letters: aceinpté. Private to "anticipée": -. Private to "anticipées": s.

"anticipée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV  ·  "anticipées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "anticipée" and "anticipées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɑ̃.ti.si.pe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "anticipée" or "anticipées"?
"anticipée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,649 in our French list, against #22,163 for "anticipées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anticipée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anticipées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #237,707 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anticipée" and "anticipées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anticipé vs anticipées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #237,707 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