Which to use
“érigée” and “érigés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,899
- “érigée” frequency rank
- #37,135
- “érigés” frequency rank
- 58034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigée | érigés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de ériger. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de ériger. |
Same sound, different letters: érigée vs érigés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. érigée (VCVCVV) and érigés (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: érigée vs érigés
This is the hard kind. érigée and érigés 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 a single letter - e in “érigée” becomes s in “érigés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58034, 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\. érigés is at rank #37,135, 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 58034, this pair ranks #111,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of érigée vs érigés
Shared letters: giré. Private to "érigée": e. Private to "érigés": s.
"érigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "érigés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "érigée" for "érigés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "érigée" or "érigés"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "érigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "érigés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigée" and "érigés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigés vs exigez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #111,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.