Which to use
“complétée” and “complétées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,334
- “complétée” frequency rank
- #27,741
- “complétées” frequency rank
- 43075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | complétée | complétées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de complété. | Féminin pluriel de complété. |
Same sound, different letters: complétée vs complétées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. complétée runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVV) against complétées's 10 (CVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - complétée / complétées
This is the hard kind. complétée and complétées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.ple.te\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “complétée” sits inside “complétées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
complétée is recorded at frequency rank #15,334, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ple.te\. complétées is at rank #27,741, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ple.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 43075, this pair ranks #220,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of complétée vs complétées
Shared letters: celmopté. Private to "complétée": -. Private to "complétées": s.
"complétée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "complétées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "complétée" for "complétées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "complétée" or "complétées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "complétée" / "complétées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "complétée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "complétées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "complétée" and "complétées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "complétées vs comptées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #220,807 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.