Which to use
“célèbre” is an adjective and “célébrées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,516
- “célèbre” frequency rank
- #31,911
- “célébrées” frequency rank
- 33427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | célèbre | célébrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est très connu par une population et ses médias. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe célébrer. |
Where the eye mixes célèbre and célébrées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. célèbre runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against célébrées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: célèbre vs célébrées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: célèbre is \se.lɛbʁ\ while célébrées is \se.le.bʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
célèbre is recorded at frequency rank #1,516, classified as anadj, pronounced \se.lɛbʁ\. célébrées is at rank #31,911, tagged as averb, pronounced \se.le.bʁe\.
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 33427, this pair ranks #290,724 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of célèbre vs célébrées
Shared letters: bcelré. Private to "célèbre": è. Private to "célébrées": s.
"célèbre" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "célébrées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "célèbre" and "célébrées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "célèbre" or "célébrées"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "célèbre" and "célébrées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "célèbre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,724 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "célèbre" and "célébrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "célébrées vs célébrés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #290,724 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.