Which to use
“exécutées” and “exécuter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,209
- “exécutées” frequency rank
- #7,057
- “exécuter” frequency rank
- 30266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exécutées | exécuter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de exécuter. | Mettre à effet ; agir pour qu’une chose soit faite. |
Same sound, different letters: exécutées vs exécuter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. exécutées runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVVC) against exécuter's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: exécutées vs exécuter
This is the hard kind. exécutées and exécuter are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\) 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 30266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exécutées is recorded at frequency rank #23,209, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\. exécuter is at rank #7,057, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ze.ky.te\.
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 30266, this pair ranks #311,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exécutées vs exécuter
Shared letters: cetuxé. Private to "exécutées": s. Private to "exécuter": r.
"exécutées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC · "exécuter" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "exécutées" and "exécuter" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "exécutées" vs "exécuter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "exécutées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exécuter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exécutées" and "exécuter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exécutées vs exécuteur". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #311,474 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.