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

#46,803
“hébergées” frequency rank
#32,850
“hébergés” frequency rank
79653
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hébergées hébergés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de héberger. Participe passé masculin pluriel de héberger.

Where the eye mixes hébergées and hébergés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. hébergées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against hébergés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
hébergées
8 ch
hébergés

Why the eye confuses hébergées with hébergés

A purely visual mix-up. hébergées (\e.bɛʁ.ʒe\) and hébergés (^((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 79653, 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\. hébergés is at rank #32,850, 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 79653, this pair ranks #22,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hébergées vs hébergés

Shared letters: beghrsé. Private to "hébergées": -. Private to "hébergés": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hébergées" and "hébergés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Which is more common, "hébergées" or "hébergés"?
"hébergés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,850 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.

What to do next

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 "hébergés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hébergées" and "hébergés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hébergées vs hébergent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #22,779 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