Which to use
“élysée” and “élysées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,618
- “élysée” frequency rank
- #20,027
- “élysées” frequency rank
- 30645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | élysée | élysées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au séjour des héros et des hommes vertueux après leur mort. | Pluriel de élysée. |
Same sound, different letters: élysée vs élysées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: élysée vs élysées
This is the hard kind. élysée and élysées are pronounced identically (\e.li.ze\) 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) - “élysée” sits inside “élysées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
élysée is recorded at frequency rank #10,618, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.li.ze\. élysées is at rank #20,027, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.li.ze\.
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 30645, this pair ranks #308,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of élysée vs élysées
Shared letters: elsyé. Private to "élysée": -. Private to "élysées": -.
"élysée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "élysées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "élysée" / "élysées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "élysée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "élysées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "élysée" and "élysées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "else vs élysée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #308,905 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.