Which to use
“appelée” and “appelées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,314
- “appelée” frequency rank
- #11,524
- “appelées” frequency rank
- 14838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appelée | appelées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe appeler. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe appeler. |
Same sound, different letters: appelée vs appelées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. appelée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against appelées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - appelée / appelées
This is the hard kind. appelée and appelées are pronounced identically (\a.pə.le\) and both work as averb. 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) - “appelée” sits inside “appelées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appelée is recorded at frequency rank #3,314, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pə.le\. appelées is at rank #11,524, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pə.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 14838, this pair ranks #395,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appelée vs appelées
Shared letters: aelpé. Private to "appelée": -. Private to "appelées": s.
"appelée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "appelées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appelée" and "appelées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "appelée" vs "appelées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "appelée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appelées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appelée" and "appelées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appelées vs appuyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #395,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.