Which to use
“détecter” and “détectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,698
- “détecter” frequency rank
- #31,468
- “détectés” frequency rank
- 40166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | détecter | détectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se rendre compte de ; déceler ; trouver, en parlant de quelque chose qui n'était pas évident. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de détecter. |
Same sound, different letters: détecter vs détectés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. détecter and détectés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: détecter vs détectés
This is the hard kind. détecter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
détecter is recorded at frequency rank #8,698, 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 40166, this pair ranks #242,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of détecter vs détectés
Shared letters: cdeté. Private to "détecter": r. Private to "détectés": s.
"détecter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "détectés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "détecter" / "détectés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "détecter" 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 #242,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "détecter" and "détectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "détectés vs détestée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #242,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.