jetervsjetésTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,582
“jeter” frequency rank
#14,962
“jetés” frequency rank
17544
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jeter jetés
Definition Lancer avec la main ou de quelque autre manière. Masculin pluriel de jeté.

Same sound, different letters: jeter vs jetés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.

5 ch
jeter
5 ch
jetés

Homophone desk: jeter vs jetés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: jeter and jetés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒə.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 17544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jeter is recorded at frequency rank #2,582, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒə.te\. jetés is at rank #14,962, 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 17544, this pair ranks #382,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jeter vs jetés

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

"jeter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "jetés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jeter" for "jetés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jeter" is a verb and "jetés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "jeter" vs "jetés" - which ranks higher?
"jeter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,582 in our French list, against #14,962 for "jetés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jeter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jetés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #382,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jeter" and "jetés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jerez vs jetés". 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 #382,628 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