Which to use
“articulé” and “articulées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,209
- “articulé” frequency rank
- #48,922
- “articulées” frequency rank
- 74131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | articulé | articulées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui présente une articulation. | Féminin pluriel de articulé. |
Same sound, different letters: articulé vs articulées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. articulé runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against articulées's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - articulé and articulées
This is the hard kind. articulé and articulées are pronounced identically (\aʁ.ti.ky.le\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “articulé” sits inside “articulées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
articulé is recorded at frequency rank #25,209, classified as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.ti.ky.le\. articulées is at rank #48,922, tagged as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.ti.ky.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 74131, this pair ranks #38,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of articulé vs articulées
Shared letters: acilrtué. Private to "articulé": -. Private to "articulées": es.
"articulé" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "articulées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "articulé" and "articulées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "articulé" or "articulées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "articulé" / "articulées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "articulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "articulées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "articulé" and "articulées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "articulées vs articulent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #38,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.