implantéesvsimplanterConfusable pair

Quick tell: implantées is a adjective, implanter is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“implantées” is an adjective and “implanter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,579
“implantées” frequency rank
#15,164
“implanter” frequency rank
38743
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature implantées implanter
Definition Féminin pluriel de implanté. Planter, insérer une chose dans une autre.

Same sound, different letters: implantées vs implanter

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. implantées runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVVC) against implanter's 9 (VCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
implantées
9 ch
implanter

Same sound, different spelling - implantées / implanter

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: implantées and implanter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.plɑ̃.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

implantées is recorded at frequency rank #23,579, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.plɑ̃.te\. implanter is at rank #15,164, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.plɑ̃.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 38743, this pair ranks #253,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of implantées vs implanter

Shared letters: aeilmnpt. Private to "implantées": sé. Private to "implanter": r.

"implantées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC  ·  "implanter" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • implanter ← imlpanter · immplanter · impalnter · implanetr · implannter · implanterr · implantre · implantter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "implantées" for "implanter" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "implantées" is an adjective and "implanter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "implantées" or "implanter" show up more?
"implanter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,164 in our French list, against #23,579 for "implantées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "implantées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "implanter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #253,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "implantées" and "implanter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implante vs implantées". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #253,125 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