Which to use
“élevée” and “élevées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,429
- “élevée” frequency rank
- #6,575
- “élevées” frequency rank
- 10004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | élevée | élevées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de élevé. | Féminin pluriel de élevé. |
Same sound, different letters: élevée vs élevées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - élevée / élevées
This is the hard kind. élevée and élevées are pronounced identically (\e.lə.ve\) 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 extra letter(s) - “élevée” sits inside “élevées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
élevée is recorded at frequency rank #3,429, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.lə.ve\. élevées is at rank #6,575, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.lə.ve\.
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 10004, this pair ranks #414,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of élevée vs élevées
Shared letters: elvé. Private to "élevée": -. Private to "élevées": s.
"élevée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "élevées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "élevée" for "élevées" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "élevée" / "élevées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "élevée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "élevées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "élevée" and "élevées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "élevées vs eleven". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #414,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.