Which to use
“chiffrées” is an adjective and “chiffrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,518
- “chiffrées” frequency rank
- #24,900
- “chiffrer” frequency rank
- 55418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chiffrées | chiffrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de chiffré. | Se servir des chiffres pour calculer. |
Same sound, different letters: chiffrées vs chiffrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - chiffrées and chiffrer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: chiffrées and chiffrer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃi.fʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chiffrées is recorded at frequency rank #30,518, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃi.fʁe\. chiffrer is at rank #24,900, tagged as averb, 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 55418, this pair ranks #127,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chiffrées vs chiffrer
Shared letters: cefhir. Private to "chiffrées": sé. Private to "chiffrer": -.
"chiffrées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC · "chiffrer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chiffrer ← cchiffrer · chfifrer · chhiffrer · chifferr · chiffrerr · chiffrrer · chifrer · chifrfer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chiffrées" and "chiffrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "chiffrées" or "chiffrer" show up more?
Useful next steps
"chiffrées" and "chiffrer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chiffrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chiffrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chiffrées" and "chiffrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chiffrée vs chiffrées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #127,569 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.