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“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.

6 ch
éditer
6 ch
édités

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.di.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "éditer" or "édités"?
"éditer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,626 in our French list, against #26,229 for "édités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list