Which to use
“éliminée” and “éliminées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,280
- “éliminée” frequency rank
- #33,525
- “éliminées” frequency rank
- 49805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éliminée | éliminées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de éliminé. | Féminin pluriel de éliminé. |
Same sound, different letters: éliminée vs éliminées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. éliminée runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against éliminées's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - éliminée and éliminées
This is the hard kind. éliminée and éliminées are pronounced identically (\e.li.mi.ne\) 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) - “éliminée” sits inside “éliminées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
éliminée is recorded at frequency rank #16,280, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.li.mi.ne\. éliminées is at rank #33,525, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.li.mi.ne\.
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 49805, this pair ranks #167,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of éliminée vs éliminées
Shared letters: eilmné. Private to "éliminée": -. Private to "éliminées": s.
"éliminée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "éliminées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "éliminée" and "éliminées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "éliminée" vs "éliminées" - which ranks higher?
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 "éliminée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éliminées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éliminée" and "éliminées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éliminées vs éliminent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #167,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.