Which to use
“chauffée” and “chauffées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,245
- “chauffée” frequency rank
- #43,838
- “chauffées” frequency rank
- 69083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chauffée | chauffées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe chauffer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe chauffer. |
Same sound, different letters: chauffée vs chauffées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. chauffée runs 8 letters (CCVVCCVV) against chauffées's 9 (CCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - chauffée / chauffées
This is the hard kind. chauffée and chauffées are pronounced identically (\ʃɔ.fe\) 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) - “chauffée” sits inside “chauffées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chauffée is recorded at frequency rank #25,245, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃɔ.fe\. chauffées is at rank #43,838, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃɔ.fe\.
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 69083, this pair ranks #56,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chauffée vs chauffées
Shared letters: acefhué. Private to "chauffée": -. Private to "chauffées": s.
"chauffée" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVV · "chauffées" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chauffée" and "chauffées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "chauffée" or "chauffées"?
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 "chauffée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chauffées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chauffée" and "chauffées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chauffées vs chauffent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #56,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.