Which to use
“attachée” and “attaches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,500
- “attachée” frequency rank
- #18,122
- “attaches” frequency rank
- 26622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attachée | attaches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme ayant une fonction d’attaché. | Pluriel de attache. |
Where the eye mixes attachée and attaches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. attachée (VCCVCCVV) and attaches (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between attachée and attaches
A purely visual mix-up. attachée (\a.ta.ʃe\) and attaches (\a.taʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attachée is recorded at frequency rank #8,500, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ta.ʃe\. attaches is at rank #18,122, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.taʃ\.
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 26622, this pair ranks #333,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of attachée vs attaches
Shared letters: aceht. Private to "attachée": é. Private to "attaches": s.
"attachée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "attaches" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- attaches ← ataches · atatches · attacches · attacehs · attachess · attachhes · attachse · attahces
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "attachée" and "attaches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "attachée" or "attaches"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "attachée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attaches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attachée" and "attaches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apaches vs attaches". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #333,832 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.