Which to use
“blindée” and “blindées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,666
- “blindée” frequency rank
- #35,400
- “blindées” frequency rank
- 54066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blindée | blindées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de blindé. | Féminin pluriel de blindé. |
Same sound, different letters: blindée vs blindées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. blindée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against blindées's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - blindée / blindées
This is the hard kind. blindée and blindées are pronounced identically (\blɛ̃.de\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “blindée” sits inside “blindées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blindée is recorded at frequency rank #18,666, classified as anadj, pronounced \blɛ̃.de\. blindées is at rank #35,400, tagged as anadj, pronounced \blɛ̃.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 54066, this pair ranks #136,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of blindée vs blindées
Shared letters: bdeilné. Private to "blindée": -. Private to "blindées": s.
"blindée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "blindées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "blindée" and "blindées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "blindée" vs "blindées" - 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 "blindée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blindées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blindée" and "blindées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blinde vs blindées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #136,533 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.