Which to use
“articulée” and “articulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,126
- “articulée” frequency rank
- #37,179
- “articulés” frequency rank
- 70305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | articulée | articulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de articulé. | Masculin pluriel de articulé. |
Same sound, different letters: articulée vs articulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. articulée (VCCVCVCVV) and articulés (VCCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: articulée vs articulés
This is the hard kind. articulée and articulés 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 a single letter - e in “articulée” becomes s in “articulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
articulée is recorded at frequency rank #33,126, classified as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.ti.ky.le\. articulés is at rank #37,179, 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 70305, this pair ranks #51,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of articulée vs articulés
Shared letters: acilrtué. Private to "articulée": e. Private to "articulés": s.
"articulée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "articulés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "articulée" / "articulés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "articulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "articulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "articulée" and "articulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "articulées vs articulés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #51,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.