Which to use
“flattée” is a verb and “flatterie” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,174
- “flattée” frequency rank
- #47,900
- “flatterie” frequency rank
- 94074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flattée | flatterie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de flatter. | Louange fausse ou exagérée, donnée dans le dessein de plaire, de séduire, d’exploiter. |
Where the eye mixes flattée and flatterie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between flattée and flatterie
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: flattée is \fla.te\ while flatterie is \fla.tʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94074, 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\. flatterie is at rank #47,900, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fla.tʁi\.
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 94074, this pair ranks #1,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flattée vs flatterie
Shared letters: aeflt. Private to "flattée": é. Private to "flatterie": ir.
"flattée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "flatterie" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- flatterie ← faltterie · fflatterie · flaterie · flatetrie · flatteire · flatterei · flatterrie · flattreie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flattée" for "flatterie" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "flattée" or "flatterie" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "flattée" and "flatterie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flattée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flatterie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flattée" and "flatterie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flatterie vs flatteuse". 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 #1,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.