appeléesvsappelésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: appelées is a verb, appelés is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“appelées” is a verb and “appelés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,524
“appelées” frequency rank
#4,307
“appelés” frequency rank
15831
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature appelées appelés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe appeler. Pluriel de appelé.

Same sound, different letters: appelées vs appelés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. appelées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against appelés's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
appelées
7 ch
appelés

Homophone desk: appelées vs appelés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: appelées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

appelées is recorded at frequency rank #11,524, 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 15831, this pair ranks #390,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of appelées vs appelés

Shared letters: aelpsé. Private to "appelées": -. Private to "appelés": -.

"appelées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "appelés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "appelées" and "appelés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "appelées" is a verb and "appelés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "appelées" vs "appelés" - which ranks higher?
"appelés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,307 in our French list, against #11,524 for "appelées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "appelées" / "appelés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "appelées" 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 #390,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "appelées" and "appelés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appelées vs appuyées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #390,652 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