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Which to use

“localisées” and “localisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,023
“localisées” frequency rank
#25,031
“localisés” frequency rank
54054
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature localisées localisés
Definition Féminin pluriel de localisé. Masculin pluriel de localisé.

Same sound, different letters: localisées vs localisés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. localisées runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against localisés's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
localisées
9 ch
localisés

Same sound, different spelling - localisées / localisés

This is the hard kind. localisées and localisés are pronounced identically (\lɔ.ka.li.ze\) 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 54054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

localisées is recorded at frequency rank #29,023, classified as anadj, pronounced \lɔ.ka.li.ze\. localisés is at rank #25,031, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lɔ.ka.li.ze\.

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 54054, this pair ranks #136,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of localisées vs localisés

Shared letters: acilosé. Private to "localisées": e. Private to "localisés": -.

"localisées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC  ·  "localisés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "localisées" and "localisés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\lɔ.ka.li.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "localisées" or "localisés"?
"localisés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,031 in our French list, against #29,023 for "localisées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "localisées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "localisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "localisées" and "localisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "localise vs localisées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #136,635 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