elevséluesTell them apart

Quick tell: ele is a noun, élues is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ele” is a noun and “élues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,239
“ele” frequency rank
#28,027
“élues” frequency rank
68266
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ele élues
Definition Parole, discours, propos. Féminin pluriel de élu.

Letter map: ele vs élues

Shared letters muted; letters that set ele and élues apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
ele
5 ch
élues

Part-of-speech tell for ele / élues

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ele is anoun and éluesanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ele is recorded at frequency rank #40,239, classified as anoun. élues is at rank #28,027, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.ly\.

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 68266, this pair ranks #59,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ele vs élues

Shared letters: el. Private to "ele": -. Private to "élues": sué.

"ele" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "élues" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ele" and "élues" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ele" is a noun and "élues" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ele" vs "élues" - which ranks higher?
"élues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,027 in our French list, against #40,239 for "ele". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "ele" and "élues". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ele" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "élues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ele" and "élues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ele vs EPO". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #59,844 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