Which to use
“consultées” and “consulter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,878
- “consultées” frequency rank
- #3,989
- “consulter” frequency rank
- 39867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consultées | consulter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de consulter. | Prendre avis, conseil ou instruction de quelqu’un. |
Same sound, different letters: consultées vs consulter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. consultées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against consulter's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: consultées vs consulter
This is the hard kind. consultées and consulter 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consultées is recorded at frequency rank #35,878, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.syl.te\. consulter is at rank #3,989, 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 39867, this pair ranks #244,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of consultées vs consulter
Shared letters: celnostu. Private to "consultées": é. Private to "consulter": r.
"consultées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "consulter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- consulter ← cconsulter · cnosulter · connsulter · consluter · conssulter · consuletr · consullter · consulterr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "consultées" for "consulter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "consultées" vs "consulter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"consultées" and "consulter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "consultées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consulter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consultées" and "consulter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consultées vs consultent". 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 #244,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.