hébergéesvshébergentConfusable pair

Which to use

“hébergées” and “hébergent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,803
“hébergées” frequency rank
#47,947
“hébergent” frequency rank
94750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hébergées hébergent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de héberger. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de héberger.

Where the eye mixes hébergées and hébergent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. hébergées (CVCVCCVVC) and hébergent (CVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
hébergées
9 ch
hébergent

Visual trap between hébergées and hébergent

A purely visual mix-up. hébergées (\e.bɛʁ.ʒe\) and hébergent (^((h muet))\e.bɛʁʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hébergées is recorded at frequency rank #46,803, classified as averb, pronounced \e.bɛʁ.ʒe\. hébergent is at rank #47,947, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\e.bɛʁʒ\.

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 94750, this pair ranks #1,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hébergées vs hébergent

Shared letters: beghré. Private to "hébergées": s. Private to "hébergent": nt.

"hébergées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "hébergent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hébergées" and "hébergent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\e.bɛʁ.ʒe\ versus ^((h muet))\e.bɛʁʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "hébergées" or "hébergent"?
"hébergées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,803 in our French list, against #47,947 for "hébergent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hébergées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hébergent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hébergées" and "hébergent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hébergées vs hébergeurs". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,443 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list