Which to use
“héritée” and “héritées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,209
- “héritée” frequency rank
- #40,804
- “héritées” frequency rank
- 71013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | héritée | héritées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de hériter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de hériter. |
Where the eye mixes héritée and héritées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. héritée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against héritées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: héritée vs héritées
A purely visual mix-up. héritée (\e.ʁi.te\) and héritées (^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “héritée” sits inside “héritées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
héritée is recorded at frequency rank #30,209, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ʁi.te\. héritées is at rank #40,804, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\.
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 71013, this pair ranks #49,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of héritée vs héritées
Shared letters: ehirté. Private to "héritée": -. Private to "héritées": s.
"héritée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "héritées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "héritée" and "héritées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "héritée" or "héritées"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "héritée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "héritées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "héritée" and "héritées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "héritée vs hermite". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #49,129 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.