Which to use
“enlevée” and “enlevées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,587
- “enlevée” frequency rank
- #20,711
- “enlevées” frequency rank
- 34298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enlevée | enlevées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de enlevé. | Féminin pluriel de enlevé. |
Same sound, different letters: enlevée vs enlevées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enlevée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against enlevées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - enlevée and enlevées
This is the hard kind. enlevée and enlevées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.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) - “enlevée” sits inside “enlevées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enlevée is recorded at frequency rank #13,587, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.lə.ve\. enlevées is at rank #20,711, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.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 34298, this pair ranks #284,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enlevée vs enlevées
Shared letters: elnvé. Private to "enlevée": -. Private to "enlevées": s.
"enlevée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "enlevées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enlevée" and "enlevées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "enlevée" or "enlevées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "enlevée" / "enlevées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enlevée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enlevées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enlevée" and "enlevées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enleva vs enlevée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #284,796 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.