Which to use
“brancher” is a verb and “branchés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,579
- “brancher” frequency rank
- #23,787
- “branchés” frequency rank
- 39366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brancher | branchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se percher sur les branches d’un arbre. | Masculin pluriel de branché. |
Same sound, different letters: brancher vs branchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - brancher and branchés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: brancher and branchés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\. 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 39366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brancher is recorded at frequency rank #15,579, classified as averb, 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 39366, this pair ranks #248,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brancher vs branchés
Shared letters: abchnr. Private to "brancher": e. Private to "branchés": sé.
"brancher" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC · "branchés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- brancher ← barncher · bbrancher · bracnher · branccher · brancehr · brancherr · branchher · branchre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "brancher" and "branchés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "brancher" vs "branchés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"brancher" and "branchés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "brancher" 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 #248,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brancher" and "branchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "branchés vs branles". 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 #248,533 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.