Which to use
“isolée” and “isolés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,179
- “isolée” frequency rank
- #9,505
- “isolés” frequency rank
- 19684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | isolée | isolés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de isolé. | Masculin pluriel de isolé. |
Same sound, different letters: isolée vs isolés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: isolée vs isolés
This is the hard kind. isolée and isolés 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 a single letter - e in “isolée” becomes s in “isolés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
isolée is recorded at frequency rank #10,179, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.zɔ.le\. isolés is at rank #9,505, 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 19684, this pair ranks #372,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of isolée vs isolés
Shared letters: ilosé. Private to "isolée": e. Private to "isolés": -.
"isolée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "isolés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "isolée" and "isolés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "isolée" vs "isolés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"isolée" and "isolés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "isolée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "isolés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "isolée" and "isolés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isola vs isolée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #372,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.