Which to use
“jetée” is a noun and “jeter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,823
- “jetée” frequency rank
- #2,582
- “jeter” frequency rank
- 16405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jetée | jeter |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Lancer avec la main ou de quelque autre manière. |
Same sound, different letters: jetée vs jeter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - jetée / jeter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: jetée and jeter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒə.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16405, 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\. jeter is at rank #2,582, tagged as averb, 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 16405, this pair ranks #387,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jetée vs jeter
Shared letters: ejt. Private to "jetée": é. Private to "jeter": r.
"jetée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "jeter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- jeter ← ejter · jeetr · jeterr · jetre · jjeter · jteer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jetée" and "jeter" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "jetée" or "jeter"?
Useful next steps
"jetée" and "jeter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "jetée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jeter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jetée" and "jeter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jerez vs jetée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #387,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.