Which to use
“collectées” and “collectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,963
- “collectées” frequency rank
- #25,934
- “collectés” frequency rank
- 46897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | collectées | collectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe collecter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe collecter. |
Same sound, different letters: collectées vs collectés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. collectées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against collectés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - collectées and collectés
This is the hard kind. collectées and collectés are pronounced identically (\kɔ.lɛk.te\) 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 46897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
collectées is recorded at frequency rank #20,963, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.lɛk.te\. collectés is at rank #25,934, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.lɛk.te\.
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 46897, this pair ranks #191,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of collectées vs collectés
Shared letters: celosté. Private to "collectées": -. Private to "collectés": -.
"collectées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "collectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "collectées" and "collectés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "collectées" or "collectés"?
What to do next
"collectées" and "collectés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "collectées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "collectés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "collectées" and "collectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "collectés vs collées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #191,182 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.