Which to use
“ciblées” and “cibler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,956
- “ciblées” frequency rank
- #16,320
- “cibler” frequency rank
- 37276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ciblées | cibler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe cibler. | Lancer quelque chose sur quelqu’un. |
Same sound, different letters: ciblées vs cibler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. ciblées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against cibler's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: ciblées vs cibler
This is the hard kind. ciblées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ciblées is recorded at frequency rank #20,956, 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 37276, this pair ranks #263,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ciblées vs cibler
Shared letters: bceil. Private to "ciblées": sé. Private to "cibler": r.
"ciblées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "cibler" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cibler ← cbiler · ccibler · cibbler · cibelr · ciblerr · cibller · ciblre · cilber
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ciblées" for "cibler" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ciblées" vs "cibler" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ciblées" 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 #263,629 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ciblées" and "cibler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciblées vs ciblent". 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 #263,629 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.