Which to use
“extraite” and “extraites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,444
- “extraite” frequency rank
- #26,364
- “extraites” frequency rank
- 46808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extraite | extraites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de extraire. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de extraire. |
Same sound, different letters: extraite vs extraites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - extraite / extraites
This is the hard kind. extraite and extraites are pronounced identically (\ɛks.tʁɛt\) 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) - “extraite” sits inside “extraites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extraite is recorded at frequency rank #20,444, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛks.tʁɛt\. extraites is at rank #26,364, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛks.tʁɛt\.
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 46808, this pair ranks #191,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extraite vs extraites
Shared letters: aeirtx. Private to "extraite": -. Private to "extraites": s.
"extraite" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV · "extraites" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extraite" and "extraites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "extraite" or "extraites" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "extraite" / "extraites". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "extraite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extraites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extraite" and "extraites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entracte vs extraite". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #191,912 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.