Which to use
“isolé” and “isolées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,210
- “isolé” frequency rank
- #14,292
- “isolées” frequency rank
- 20502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | isolé | isolées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est séparé de choses de même nature ou d’une autre nature. | Féminin pluriel de isolé. |
Same sound, different letters: isolé vs isolées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. isolé runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against isolées's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - isolé / isolées
This is the hard kind. isolé and isolées are pronounced identically (\i.zɔ.le\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “isolé” sits inside “isolées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
isolé is recorded at frequency rank #6,210, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.zɔ.le\. isolées is at rank #14,292, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.zɔ.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 20502, this pair ranks #367,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of isolé vs isolées
Shared letters: ilosé. Private to "isolé": -. Private to "isolées": e.
"isolé" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "isolées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "isolé" / "isolées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "isolé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "isolées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "isolé" and "isolées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isles vs isolées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #367,956 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.