Which to use
“jetée” is a noun and “jetées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,823
- “jetée” frequency rank
- #27,858
- “jetées” frequency rank
- 41681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jetée | jetées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amas de pierres, de cailloux et d’autres matériaux jetés à côté du canal qui forme l’entrée d’un port, fortement maçonnés et ordinairement soutenus de pilotis, pour servir à rompre l’impétuosité des vagues. | Féminin pluriel de jeté. |
Same sound, different letters: jetée vs jetées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. jetée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against jetées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - jetée / jetées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: jetée and jetées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒə.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “jetée” sits inside “jetées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jetée is recorded at frequency rank #13,823, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒə.te\. jetées is at rank #27,858, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒə.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 41681, this pair ranks #231,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jetée vs jetées
Shared letters: ejté. Private to "jetée": -. Private to "jetées": s.
"jetée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "jetées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jetée" and "jetées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "jetée" or "jetées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "jetée" / "jetées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "jetée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jetées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jetée" and "jetées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jetées vs jetter". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #231,265 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.