implantervsimplantésWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,164
“implanter” frequency rank
#21,971
“implantés” frequency rank
37135
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature implanter implantés
Definition Planter, insérer une chose dans une autre. Masculin pluriel de implanté.

Same sound, different letters: implanter vs implantés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. implanter and implantés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
implanter
9 ch
implantés

Ear matches; page differs - implanter and implantés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: implanter and implantés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.plɑ̃.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

implanter is recorded at frequency rank #15,164, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.plɑ̃.te\. implantés is at rank #21,971, tagged as anadj, 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 37135, this pair ranks #264,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of implanter vs implantés

Shared letters: ailmnpt. Private to "implanter": er. Private to "implantés": sé.

"implanter" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC  ·  "implantés" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "implanter" and "implantés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "implanter" is a verb and "implantés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "implanter" or "implantés" show up more?
"implanter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,164 in our French list, against #21,971 for "implantés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "implanter" / "implantés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "implanter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "implantés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "implanter" and "implantés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impactés vs implantés". 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 #264,632 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