Which to use
“écoutée” and “écoutées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,175
- “écoutée” frequency rank
- #44,822
- “écoutées” frequency rank
- 69997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | écoutée | écoutées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de écouter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de écouter. |
Same sound, different letters: écoutée vs écoutées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. écoutée runs 7 letters (VCVVCVV) against écoutées's 8 (VCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - écoutée / écoutées
This is the hard kind. écoutée and écoutées are pronounced identically (\e.ku.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 extra letter(s) - “écoutée” sits inside “écoutées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
écoutée is recorded at frequency rank #25,175, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ku.te\. écoutées is at rank #44,822, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.ku.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 69997, this pair ranks #53,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of écoutée vs écoutées
Shared letters: ceotué. Private to "écoutée": -. Private to "écoutées": s.
"écoutée" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVV · "écoutées" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "écoutée" and "écoutées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "écoutée" vs "écoutées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "écoutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "écoutées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "écoutée" and "écoutées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écoutées vs écouteur". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #53,022 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.