Which to use
“célébrées” and “célébrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,911
- “célébrées” frequency rank
- #6,179
- “célébrer” frequency rank
- 38090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | célébrées | célébrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe célébrer. | Louer avec éclat ; publier avec éloge. |
Same sound, different letters: célébrées vs célébrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. célébrées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against célébrer's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - célébrées / célébrer
This is the hard kind. célébrées and célébrer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38090, 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\. célébrer is at rank #6,179, 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 38090, this pair ranks #257,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of célébrées vs célébrer
Shared letters: bcelré. Private to "célébrées": s. Private to "célébrer": -.
"célébrées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "célébrer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "célébrées" for "célébrer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "célébrées" or "célébrer"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "célébrées" and "célébrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "célébrées vs célébrés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #257,736 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.