appeléesvsappelleWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#11,524
“appelées” frequency rank
#643
“appelle” frequency rank
12167
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature appelées appelle
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe appeler. Manque de peau.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set appelées and appelle apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
appelées
7 ch
appelle

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: appelées is \a.pə.le\ while appelle is \a.pɛl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12167, 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\. appelle is at rank #643, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pɛl\.

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 12167, this pair ranks #406,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of appelées vs appelle

Shared letters: aelp. Private to "appelées": . Private to "appelle": -.

"appelées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "appelle" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • appelleapelle · apeplle · appele · appelel · applele · papelle

Frequency comparison

appelées#11,524
appelle#643

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "appelées" and "appelle" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "appelées" is a verb and "appelle" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "appelées" or "appelle"?
"appelle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #643 in our French list, against #11,524 for "appelées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering appelées vs appelle

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “appelées”; for a noun, it's “appelle”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “appelées” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list