Which to use
“infectée” and “infectées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,484
- “infectée” frequency rank
- #28,997
- “infectées” frequency rank
- 56481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infectée | infectées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de infecté. | Féminin pluriel de infecté. |
Same sound, different letters: infectée vs infectées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. infectée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against infectées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: infectée vs infectées
This is the hard kind. infectée and infectées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fɛk.te\) and both work as anadjective. 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 extra letter(s) - “infectée” sits inside “infectées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infectée is recorded at frequency rank #27,484, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɛk.te\. infectées is at rank #28,997, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fɛk.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 56481, this pair ranks #120,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infectée vs infectées
Shared letters: cefinté. Private to "infectée": -. Private to "infectées": s.
"infectée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "infectées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "infectée" and "infectées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "infectée" or "infectées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "infectée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infectées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #120,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infectée" and "infectées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infectée vs intentée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #120,867 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.