Which to use
“collecter” and “collectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,992
- “collecter” frequency rank
- #25,934
- “collectés” frequency rank
- 39926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | collecter | collectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récupérer, rassembler ou recueillir, en parlant de quelque chose. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe collecter. |
Same sound, different letters: collecter vs collectés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. collecter and collectés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: collecter vs collectés
This is the hard kind. collecter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
collecter is recorded at frequency rank #13,992, 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 39926, this pair ranks #244,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of collecter vs collectés
Shared letters: celot. Private to "collecter": r. Private to "collectés": sé.
"collecter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "collectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- collecter ← ccollecter · clolecter · colecter · colelcter · collceter · colleccter · collecetr · collecterr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "collecter" and "collectés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "collecter" or "collectés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "collecter" 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 #244,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "collecter" and "collectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "collectés vs collées". 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 #244,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.