Which to use
“isolées” and “isolés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,292
- “isolées” frequency rank
- #9,505
- “isolés” frequency rank
- 23797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | isolées | isolés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de isolé. | Masculin pluriel de isolé. |
Same sound, different letters: isolées vs isolés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. isolées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against isolés's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - isolées / isolés
This is the hard kind. isolées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
isolées is recorded at frequency rank #14,292, 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 23797, this pair ranks #350,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of isolées vs isolés
Shared letters: ilosé. Private to "isolées": e. Private to "isolés": -.
"isolées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "isolés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "isolées" and "isolés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "isolées" or "isolés"?
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 "isolées" 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 #350,400 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "isolées" and "isolés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isola vs isolés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #350,400 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.