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.
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?
Frequency check: "chiffrée" vs "chiffrées" - which ranks higher?
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.