Which to use
“ciblée” and “cibler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,088
- “ciblée” frequency rank
- #16,320
- “cibler” frequency rank
- 36408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ciblée | cibler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe cibler. | Lancer quelque chose sur quelqu’un. |
Same sound, different letters: ciblée vs cibler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. ciblée (CVCCVV) and cibler (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: ciblée vs cibler
This is the hard kind. ciblée and cibler are pronounced identically (\si.ble\) 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 36408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ciblée is recorded at frequency rank #20,088, classified as averb, pronounced \si.ble\. cibler is at rank #16,320, tagged as averb, pronounced \si.ble\.
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 36408, this pair ranks #269,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ciblée vs cibler
Shared letters: bceil. Private to "ciblée": é. Private to "cibler": r.
"ciblée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cibler" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cibler ← cbiler · ccibler · cibbler · cibelr · ciblerr · cibller · ciblre · cilber
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ciblée" and "cibler" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ciblée" vs "cibler" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"ciblée" and "cibler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "ciblée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cibler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ciblée" and "cibler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calée vs ciblée". 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 #269,828 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.