Which to use
“appelée” is a verb and “appelés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,314
- “appelée” frequency rank
- #4,307
- “appelés” frequency rank
- 7621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appelée | appelés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe appeler. | Pluriel de appelé. |
Same sound, different letters: appelée vs appelés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. appelée (VCCVCVV) and appelés (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: appelée vs appelés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: appelée and appelés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.pə.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “appelée” becomes s in “appelés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7621, 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\. appelés is at rank #4,307, tagged as anoun, 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 7621, this pair ranks #422,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appelée vs appelés
Shared letters: aelpé. Private to "appelée": -. Private to "appelés": s.
"appelée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "appelés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appelée" for "appelés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "appelée" or "appelés"?
What to do next
"appelée" and "appelés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "appelée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appelés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appelée" and "appelés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appelée vs apposée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #422,623 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.