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.
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?
Frequency check: "appelées" vs "appelés" - which ranks higher?
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.