élaboréesvsélaborésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“élaborées” and “élaborés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,822
“élaborées” frequency rank
#20,896
“élaborés” frequency rank
45718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature élaborées élaborés
Definition Féminin pluriel de élaboré. Masculin pluriel de élaboré.

Same sound, different letters: élaborées vs élaborés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

9 ch
élaborées
8 ch
élaborés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. élaborées and élaborés are pronounced identically (\e.la.bɔ.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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

élaborées is recorded at frequency rank #24,822, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.la.bɔ.ʁe\. élaborés is at rank #20,896, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.la.bɔ.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 45718, this pair ranks #200,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of élaborées vs élaborés

Shared letters: ablorsé. Private to "élaborées": e. Private to "élaborés": -.

"élaborées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC  ·  "élaborés" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "élaborées" and "élaborés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.la.bɔ.ʁe\), 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, "élaborées" or "élaborés"?
"élaborés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,896 in our French list, against #24,822 for "élaborées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list