Which to use
“célébrer” and “célébrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,179
- “célébrer” frequency rank
- #37,268
- “célébrés” frequency rank
- 43447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | célébrer | célébrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Louer avec éclat ; publier avec éloge. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe célébrer. |
Same sound, different letters: célébrer vs célébrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. célébrer and célébrés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - célébrer and célébrés
This is the hard kind. célébrer 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
célébrer is recorded at frequency rank #6,179, 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 43447, this pair ranks #218,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of célébrer vs célébrés
Shared letters: bclré. Private to "célébrer": e. Private to "célébrés": s.
"célébrer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "célébrés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "célébrer" for "célébrés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "célébrer" vs "célébrés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "célébrer" / "célébrés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "célébrer" 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 #218,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "célébrer" and "célébrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "célébrés vs célébrons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #218,002 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.