Which to use
“collée” and “collées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,886
- “collée” frequency rank
- #33,176
- “collées” frequency rank
- 55062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | collée | collées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de coller. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de coller. |
Same sound, different letters: collée vs collées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. collée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against collées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - collée and collées
This is the hard kind. collée and collées are pronounced identically (\kɔ.le\) 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 extra letter(s) - “collée” sits inside “collées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
collée is recorded at frequency rank #21,886, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.le\. collées is at rank #33,176, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.le\.
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 55062, this pair ranks #129,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of collée vs collées
Shared letters: celoé. Private to "collée": -. Private to "collées": s.
"collée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "collées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "collée" and "collées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "collée" vs "collées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "collée" / "collées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "collée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "collées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "collée" and "collées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "collées vs collez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #129,906 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.