Which to use
“célébrée” and “célébrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,670
- “célébrée” frequency rank
- #37,268
- “célébrés” frequency rank
- 54938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | célébrée | célébrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe célébrer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe célébrer. |
Same sound, different letters: célébrée vs célébrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. célébrée (CVCVCCVV) and célébrés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - célébrée and célébrés
This is the hard kind. célébrée and célébrés 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 a single letter - e in “célébrée” becomes s in “célébrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54938, 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\. célébrés is at rank #37,268, 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 54938, this pair ranks #130,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of célébrée vs célébrés
Shared letters: bclré. Private to "célébrée": e. Private to "célébrés": s.
"célébrée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "célébrés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "célébrée" for "célébrés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "célébrée" or "célébrés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "célébrée" and "célébrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "célébrés vs célébrons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #130,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.