Which to use
“effectuées” and “effectuer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,433
- “effectuées” frequency rank
- #3,455
- “effectuer” frequency rank
- 10888
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effectuées | effectuer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de effectuer. | Mettre à effet ou à exécution. |
Same sound, different letters: effectuées vs effectuer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - effectuées and effectuer
This is the hard kind. effectuées and effectuer are pronounced identically (\e.fɛk.tɥe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effectuées is recorded at frequency rank #7,433, classified as averb, pronounced \e.fɛk.tɥe\. effectuer is at rank #3,455, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.fɛk.tɥe\.
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 10888, this pair ranks #411,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of effectuées vs effectuer
Shared letters: ceftu. Private to "effectuées": sé. Private to "effectuer": r.
"effectuées" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVVC · "effectuer" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- effectuer ← efectuer · efefctuer · effcetuer · effecctuer · effecteur · effecttuer · effectuerr · effecture
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "effectuées" for "effectuer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "effectuées" or "effectuer"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "effectuées" / "effectuer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "effectuées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effectuer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effectuées" and "effectuer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effectua vs effectuer". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #411,284 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.