Which to use
“consulté” and “consultées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,040
- “consulté” frequency rank
- #35,878
- “consultées” frequency rank
- 42918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consulté | consultées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de consulter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de consulter. |
Same sound, different letters: consulté vs consultées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. consulté runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against consultées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - consulté / consultées
This is the hard kind. consulté and consultées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.syl.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 differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “consulté” sits inside “consultées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consulté is recorded at frequency rank #7,040, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.syl.te\. consultées is at rank #35,878, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.syl.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 42918, this pair ranks #221,930 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of consulté vs consultées
Shared letters: clnostué. Private to "consulté": -. Private to "consultées": e.
"consulté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "consultées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "consulté" for "consultées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "consulté" vs "consultées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "consulté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consultées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,930 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consulté" and "consultées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consultées vs consultent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #221,930 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.