jetéesvsjeterConfusable pair

Quick tell: jetées is a adjective, jeter is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jetées” is an adjective and “jeter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,858
“jetées” frequency rank
#2,582
“jeter” frequency rank
30440
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jetées jeter
Definition Féminin pluriel de jeté. Lancer avec la main ou de quelque autre manière.

Same sound, different letters: jetées vs jeter

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

6 ch
jetées
5 ch
jeter

Homophone desk: jetées vs jeter

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: jetées and jeter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒə.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jetées is recorded at frequency rank #27,858, classified as anadj, 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 30440, this pair ranks #310,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jetées vs jeter

Shared letters: ejt. Private to "jetées": . Private to "jeter": r.

"jetées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "jeter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jeterejter · jeetr · jeterr · jetre · jjeter · jteer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "jetées" and "jeter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jetées" is an adjective and "jeter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "jetées" vs "jeter" - which ranks higher?
"jeter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,582 in our French list, against #27,858 for "jetées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

"jetées" and "jeter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jetées" 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 #310,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jetées" and "jeter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jetées vs jetter". 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 #310,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list