Which to use
“éclairée” and “éclairées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,782
- “éclairée” frequency rank
- #31,303
- “éclairées” frequency rank
- 48085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éclairée | éclairées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de éclairé. | Féminin pluriel de éclairé. |
Same sound, different letters: éclairée vs éclairées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. éclairée runs 8 letters (VCCVVCVV) against éclairées's 9 (VCCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - éclairée and éclairées
This is the hard kind. éclairée and éclairées are pronounced identically (\e.klɛ.ʁe\) 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) - “éclairée” sits inside “éclairées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
éclairée is recorded at frequency rank #16,782, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.klɛ.ʁe\. éclairées is at rank #31,303, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.klɛ.ʁe\.
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 48085, this pair ranks #181,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of éclairée vs éclairées
Shared letters: aceilré. Private to "éclairée": -. Private to "éclairées": s.
"éclairée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV · "éclairées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "éclairée" and "éclairées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "éclairée" or "éclairées" show up more?
What to do next
"éclairée" and "éclairées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "éclairée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éclairées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éclairée" and "éclairées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éclaircies vs éclairées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #181,786 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.