Which to use
“branchée” and “branchés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,569
- “branchée” frequency rank
- #23,787
- “branchés” frequency rank
- 49356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | branchée | branchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de branché. | Masculin pluriel de branché. |
Same sound, different letters: branchée vs branchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: branchée vs branchés
This is the hard kind. branchée and branchés are pronounced identically (\bʁɑ̃.ʃe\) 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 “branchée” becomes s in “branchés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
branchée is recorded at frequency rank #25,569, classified as anadj, pronounced \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\. branchés is at rank #23,787, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\.
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 49356, this pair ranks #171,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of branchée vs branchés
Shared letters: abchnré. Private to "branchée": e. Private to "branchés": s.
"branchée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV · "branchés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "branchée" and "branchés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "branchée" vs "branchés" - 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 "branchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "branchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "branchée" and "branchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "branchée vs bronche". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #171,366 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.