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“détectées” and “détectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,276
“détectées” frequency rank
#31,468
“détectés” frequency rank
70744
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature détectées détectés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de détecter. Participe passé masculin pluriel de détecter.

Same sound, different letters: détectées vs détectés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. détectées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against détectés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
détectées
8 ch
détectés

Ear matches; page differs - détectées and détectés

This is the hard kind. détectées and détectés are pronounced identically (\de.tɛk.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 70744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

détectées is recorded at frequency rank #39,276, classified as averb, pronounced \de.tɛk.te\. détectés is at rank #31,468, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.tɛk.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 70744, this pair ranks #50,197 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of détectées vs détectés

Shared letters: cdesté. Private to "détectées": -. Private to "détectés": -.

"détectées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "détectés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "détectées" and "détectés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.tɛk.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "détectées" vs "détectés" - which ranks higher?
"détectés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,468 in our French list, against #39,276 for "détectées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"détectées" and "détectés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "détectées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "détectés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,197 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "détectées" and "détectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "détectées vs détestée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #50,197 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list