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Which to use

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

#46,803
“hébergées” frequency rank
#16,644
“héberger” frequency rank
63447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hébergées héberger
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de héberger. Recevoir chez soi, loger et nourrir.

Where the eye mixes hébergées and héberger

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
hébergées
8 ch
héberger

Why the eye confuses hébergées with héberger

A purely visual mix-up. hébergées (\e.bɛʁ.ʒe\) and héberger (^((h muet))\e.bɛʁ.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63447, 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\. héberger is at rank #16,644, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\e.bɛʁ.ʒe\.

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 63447, this pair ranks #81,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hébergées vs héberger

Shared letters: beghré. Private to "hébergées": s. Private to "héberger": -.

"hébergées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "héberger" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hébergées" and "héberger" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\e.bɛʁ.ʒe\ versus ^((h muet))\e.bɛʁ.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "hébergées" or "héberger" show up more?
"héberger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,644 in our French list, against #46,803 for "hébergées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "hébergées" and "héberger" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hébergées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "héberger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hébergées" and "héberger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hébergées vs hébergent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #81,920 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