Which to use
“échangée” and “échangées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,561
- “échangée” frequency rank
- #29,606
- “échangées” frequency rank
- 70167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échangée | échangées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de échanger. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de échanger. |
Same sound, different letters: échangée vs échangées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. échangée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against échangées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: échangée vs échangées
This is the hard kind. échangée and échangées are pronounced identically (\e.ʃɑ̃.ʒe\) 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) - “échangée” sits inside “échangées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
échangée is recorded at frequency rank #40,561, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ʃɑ̃.ʒe\. échangées is at rank #29,606, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.ʃɑ̃.ʒe\.
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 70167, this pair ranks #52,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of échangée vs échangées
Shared letters: aceghné. Private to "échangée": -. Private to "échangées": s.
"échangée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "échangées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "échangée" for "échangées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "échangée" vs "échangées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "échangée" / "échangées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "échangée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "échangées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échangée" and "échangées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échangées vs échangeurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,374 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.