Which to use
“construite” and “construites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,960
- “construite” frequency rank
- #11,743
- “construites” frequency rank
- 17703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | construite | construites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de construire. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de construire. |
Same sound, different letters: construite vs construites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - construite / construites
This is the hard kind. construite and construites are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃s.tʁɥit\) 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) - “construite” sits inside “construites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
construite is recorded at frequency rank #5,960, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tʁɥit\. construites is at rank #11,743, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tʁɥit\.
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 17703, this pair ranks #381,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of construite vs construites
Shared letters: ceinorstu. Private to "construite": -. Private to "construites": -.
"construite" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCV · "construites" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- construite ← cconstruite · cnostruite · connstruite · consrtuite · consstruite · constriute · constrruite · construiet
- construites ← cconstruites · cnostruites · connstruites · consrtuites · consstruites · constriutes · constrruites · construiets
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "construite" and "construites" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "construite" vs "construites" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"construite" and "construites" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "construite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "construites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "construite" and "construites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "construisez vs construites". 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 #381,873 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.