Which to use
“consultée” and “consultées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,604
- “consultée” frequency rank
- #35,878
- “consultées” frequency rank
- 61482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consultée | consultées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de consulter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de consulter. |
Same sound, different letters: consultée vs consultées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. consultée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against consultées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - consultée and consultées
This is the hard kind. consultée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “consultée” sits inside “consultées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consultée is recorded at frequency rank #25,604, 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 61482, this pair ranks #92,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of consultée vs consultées
Shared letters: celnostué. Private to "consultée": -. Private to "consultées": -.
"consultée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "consultées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "consultée" / "consultées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "consultée" 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 #92,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consultée" and "consultées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consultées vs consultent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #92,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.