Which to use
“harceler” and “harcelés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,809
- “harceler” frequency rank
- #47,371
- “harcelés” frequency rank
- 61180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | harceler | harcelés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tourmenter une personne, ou un animal, en le poursuivant sans relâche, en le malmenant. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de harceler. |
Same sound, different letters: harceler vs harcelés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. harceler and harcelés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - harceler / harcelés
This is the hard kind. harceler and harcelés are pronounced identically (^((h aspiré))\aʁ.sə.le\) 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 61180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
harceler is recorded at frequency rank #13,809, classified as averb, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.sə.le\. harcelés is at rank #47,371, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.sə.le\.
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 61180, this pair ranks #93,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of harceler vs harcelés
Shared letters: acehlr. Private to "harceler": -. Private to "harcelés": sé.
"harceler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "harcelés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- harceler ← ahrceler · hacreler · harcceler · harceelr · harcelerr · harceller · harcelre · harcleer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "harceler" and "harcelés" be used interchangeably?
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After this comparison
"harceler" and "harcelés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "harceler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "harcelés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "harceler" and "harcelés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harcèlent vs harcelés". 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 #93,659 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.