Which to use
“interpellées” and “interpellés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,678
- “interpellées” frequency rank
- #25,016
- “interpellés” frequency rank
- 70694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interpellées | interpellés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de interpeller. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de interpeller. |
Same sound, different letters: interpellées vs interpellés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. interpellées runs 12 letters (VCCVCCVCCVVC) against interpellés's 11 (VCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - interpellées / interpellés
This is the hard kind. interpellées and interpellés are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le\) 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 70694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interpellées is recorded at frequency rank #45,678, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le\. interpellés is at rank #25,016, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le\.
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 70694, this pair ranks #50,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interpellées vs interpellés
Shared letters: eilnprsté. Private to "interpellées": -. Private to "interpellés": -.
"interpellées" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVVC · "interpellés" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interpellées" and "interpellés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "interpellées" or "interpellés" show up more?
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 "interpellées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interpellés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interpellées" and "interpellés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interpellée vs interpellées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #50,394 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.