Which to use
“attarder” is a verb and “attardés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,362
- “attarder” frequency rank
- #34,426
- “attardés” frequency rank
- 54788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | attarder | attardés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se mettre en retard, demeurer plus longtemps qu’il ne le faudrait. | Masculin pluriel de attardé. |
Same sound, different letters: attarder vs attardés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. attarder and attardés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: attarder vs attardés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: attarder and attardés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.taʁ.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
attarder is recorded at frequency rank #20,362, classified as averb, pronounced \a.taʁ.de\. attardés is at rank #34,426, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.taʁ.de\.
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 54788, this pair ranks #131,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of attarder vs attardés
Shared letters: adrt. Private to "attarder": e. Private to "attardés": sé.
"attarder" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "attardés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- attarder ← atarder · atatrder · attadrer · attardder · attarderr · attardre · attaredr · attarrder
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "attarder" for "attardés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "attarder" vs "attardés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "attarder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "attardés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "attarder" and "attardés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "attardés vs attirées". 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 #131,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.