Which to use
“héritées” and “hériter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,804
- “héritées” frequency rank
- #24,626
- “hériter” frequency rank
- 65430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | héritées | hériter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de hériter. | Devenir propriétaire d’une chose par droit de succession. |
Same sound, different letters: héritées vs hériter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. héritées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against hériter's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: héritées vs hériter
This is the hard kind. héritées and hériter are pronounced identically (^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
héritées is recorded at frequency rank #40,804, classified as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\. hériter is at rank #24,626, 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 65430, this pair ranks #72,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of héritées vs hériter
Shared letters: ehirté. Private to "héritées": s. Private to "hériter": -.
"héritées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "hériter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "héritées" and "hériter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "héritées" or "hériter"?
Useful next steps
"héritées" and "hériter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "héritées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hériter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "héritées" and "hériter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "héritée vs héritées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #72,364 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.