Which to use
“fédérer” is a verb and “fédérés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,605
- “fédérer” frequency rank
- #36,410
- “fédérés” frequency rank
- 61015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fédérer | fédérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réunir en fédération. | Masculin pluriel de fédéré. |
Same sound, different letters: fédérer vs fédérés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. fédérer and fédérés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: fédérer vs fédérés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fédérer and fédérés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fe.de.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fédérer is recorded at frequency rank #24,605, classified as averb, pronounced \fe.de.ʁe\. fédérés is at rank #36,410, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fe.de.ʁe\.
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 61015, this pair ranks #94,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fédérer vs fédérés
Shared letters: dfré. Private to "fédérer": e. Private to "fédérés": s.
"fédérer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "fédérés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"fédérer" and "fédérés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fédérer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fédérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fédérer" and "fédérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fédérés vs feutres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #94,525 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.