Which to use
“détaillée” and “détaillées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,697
- “détaillée” frequency rank
- #15,363
- “détaillées” frequency rank
- 24060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | détaillée | détaillées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de détaillé. | Féminin pluriel de détaillé. |
Same sound, different letters: détaillée vs détaillées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. détaillée runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVV) against détaillées's 10 (CVCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - détaillée / détaillées
This is the hard kind. détaillée and détaillées are pronounced identically (\de.ta.je\) 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) - “détaillée” sits inside “détaillées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
détaillée is recorded at frequency rank #8,697, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ta.je\. détaillées is at rank #15,363, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.ta.je\.
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 24060, this pair ranks #348,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of détaillée vs détaillées
Shared letters: adeilté. Private to "détaillée": -. Private to "détaillées": s.
"détaillée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV · "détaillées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "détaillée" for "détaillées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "détaillée" or "détaillées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "détaillée" / "détaillées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "détaillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "détaillées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "détaillée" and "détaillées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déraille vs détaillée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #348,878 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.