Which to use
“érigées” and “érigés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,091
- “érigées” frequency rank
- #37,135
- “érigés” frequency rank
- 77226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigées | érigés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de ériger. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de ériger. |
Same sound, different letters: érigées vs érigés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. érigées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against érigés's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - érigées / érigés
This is the hard kind. érigées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
érigées is recorded at frequency rank #40,091, 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 77226, this pair ranks #29,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of érigées vs érigés
Shared letters: girsé. Private to "érigées": e. Private to "érigés": -.
"érigées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "érigés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "érigées" for "érigés" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"érigées" and "érigés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "érigées" 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 #29,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigées" and "érigés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigées vs évitées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #29,002 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.