Which to use
“éditer” and “édités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,626
- “éditer” frequency rank
- #26,229
- “édités” frequency rank
- 44855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éditer | édités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Publier un ouvrage ou le mettre en vente ; s’emploie généralement au sujet d’un livre. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de éditer. |
Same sound, different letters: éditer vs édités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - éditer / édités
This is the hard kind. éditer and édités are pronounced identically (\e.di.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 44855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
éditer is recorded at frequency rank #18,626, classified as averb, pronounced \e.di.te\. édités is at rank #26,229, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.di.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 44855, this pair ranks #207,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of éditer vs édités
Shared letters: dité. Private to "éditer": er. Private to "édités": s.
"éditer" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "édités" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "éditer" and "édités" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "éditer" or "édités"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "éditer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "édités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éditer" and "édités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édités vs edito". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #207,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.