Which to use
“érigée” and “érigées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,899
- “érigée” frequency rank
- #40,091
- “érigées” frequency rank
- 60990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigée | érigées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de ériger. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de ériger. |
Same sound, different letters: érigée vs érigées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. érigée runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against érigées's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: érigée vs érigées
This is the hard kind. érigée and érigées are pronounced identically (\e.ʁi.ʒe\) and both work as averb. 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) - “érigée” sits inside “érigées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
érigée is recorded at frequency rank #20,899, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ʁi.ʒe\. érigées is at rank #40,091, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.ʁi.ʒe\.
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 60990, this pair ranks #94,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of érigée vs érigées
Shared letters: egiré. Private to "érigée": -. Private to "érigées": s.
"érigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "érigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "érigée" for "érigées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "érigée" or "érigées"?
What to do next
"érigée" and "érigées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "érigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "érigées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigée" and "érigées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigées vs évitées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #94,676 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.