Which to use
“célébrées” and “célèbrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,911
- “célébrées” frequency rank
- #22,537
- “célèbrent” frequency rank
- 54448
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | célébrées | célèbrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe célébrer. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe célébrer. |
Where the eye mixes célébrées and célèbrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. célébrées (CVCVCCVVC) and célèbrent (CVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between célébrées and célèbrent
A purely visual mix-up. célébrées (\se.le.bʁe\) and célèbrent (\se.lɛbʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
célébrées is recorded at frequency rank #31,911, classified as averb, pronounced \se.le.bʁe\. célèbrent is at rank #22,537, tagged as averb, pronounced \se.lɛbʁ\.
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 54448, this pair ranks #133,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of célébrées vs célèbrent
Shared letters: bcelré. Private to "célébrées": s. Private to "célèbrent": ntè.
"célébrées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "célèbrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "célébrées" for "célèbrent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "célébrées" or "célèbrent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "célébrées" and "célèbrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "célèbrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "célébrées" and "célèbrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "célébrées vs célébrés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #133,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.