Which to use
“flattée” and “flatter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,174
- “flattée” frequency rank
- #25,316
- “flatter” frequency rank
- 71490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flattée | flatter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de flatter. | Louer excessivement dans le dessein de plaire, de séduire, d’exploiter. |
Same sound, different letters: flattée vs flatter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - flattée / flatter
This is the hard kind. flattée and flatter are pronounced identically (\fla.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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flattée is recorded at frequency rank #46,174, classified as averb, pronounced \fla.te\. flatter is at rank #25,316, tagged as averb, pronounced \fla.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 71490, this pair ranks #47,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flattée vs flatter
Shared letters: aeflt. Private to "flattée": é. Private to "flatter": r.
"flattée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "flatter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- flatter ← faltter · fflatter · flater · flatetr · flatterr · flattre · fllatter · fltater
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flattée" and "flatter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "flattée" or "flatter"?
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 "flattée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flatter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flattée" and "flatter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flattée vs flatterie". 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 #47,392 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.