chiffréevschiffréesConfusable pair

Which to use

“chiffrée” and “chiffrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,604
“chiffrée” frequency rank
#30,518
“chiffrées” frequency rank
64122
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chiffrée chiffrées
Definition Féminin singulier de chiffré. Féminin pluriel de chiffré.

Same sound, different letters: chiffrée vs chiffrées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. chiffrée runs 8 letters (CCVCCCVV) against chiffrées's 9 (CCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
chiffrée
9 ch
chiffrées

Same sound, different spelling - chiffrée / chiffrées

This is the hard kind. chiffrée and chiffrées are pronounced identically (\ʃi.fʁe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “chiffrée” sits inside “chiffrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chiffrée is recorded at frequency rank #33,604, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃi.fʁe\. chiffrées is at rank #30,518, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃi.fʁe\.

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 64122, this pair ranks #78,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of chiffrée vs chiffrées

Shared letters: cefhiré. Private to "chiffrée": -. Private to "chiffrées": s.

"chiffrée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV  ·  "chiffrées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chiffrée" and "chiffrées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʃi.fʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "chiffrée" vs "chiffrées" - which ranks higher?
"chiffrées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,518 in our French list, against #33,604 for "chiffrée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "chiffrée" / "chiffrées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chiffrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chiffrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chiffrée" and "chiffrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chicorée vs chiffrée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #78,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list