Which to use
“célébrée” and “célébrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,670
- “célébrée” frequency rank
- #31,911
- “célébrées” frequency rank
- 49581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | célébrée | célébrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe célébrer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe célébrer. |
Same sound, different letters: célébrée vs célébrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. célébrée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against célébrées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: célébrée vs célébrées
This is the hard kind. célébrée and célébrées are pronounced identically (\se.le.bʁe\) and both work as averb. 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) - “célébrée” sits inside “célébrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
célébrée is recorded at frequency rank #17,670, classified as averb, pronounced \se.le.bʁe\. 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 49581, this pair ranks #169,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of célébrée vs célébrées
Shared letters: bcelré. Private to "célébrée": -. Private to "célébrées": s.
"célébrée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "célébrées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "célébrée" and "célébrées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "célébrée" or "célébrées"?
Useful next steps
"célébrée" and "célébrées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrée" 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 #169,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "célébrée" and "célébrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "célébrées vs célébrés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #169,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.