Which to use
“conservée” and “conservées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,132
- “conservée” frequency rank
- #12,935
- “conservées” frequency rank
- 25067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conservée | conservées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de conservé. | Féminin pluriel de conservé. |
Same sound, different letters: conservée vs conservées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. conservée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against conservées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - conservée / conservées
This is the hard kind. conservée and conservées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\) 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) - “conservée” sits inside “conservées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conservée is recorded at frequency rank #12,132, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\. conservées is at rank #12,935, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\.
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 25067, this pair ranks #342,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conservée vs conservées
Shared letters: cenorsvé. Private to "conservée": -. Private to "conservées": -.
"conservée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "conservées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conservée" for "conservées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conservée" vs "conservées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "conservée" / "conservées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conservée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conservées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conservée" and "conservées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conservées vs conservez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #342,984 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.