Which to use
“médaillé” is an adjective and “médailles” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,793
- “médaillé” frequency rank
- #5,895
- “médailles” frequency rank
- 26688
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médaillé | médailles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a reçu une ou des médailles. | Pluriel de médaille. |
Where the eye mixes médaillé and médailles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. médaillé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against médailles's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses médaillé with médailles
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: médaillé is \me.da.je\ while médailles is \me.daj\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médaillé is recorded at frequency rank #20,793, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.da.je\. médailles is at rank #5,895, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.daj\.
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 26688, this pair ranks #333,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of médaillé vs médailles
Shared letters: adilmé. Private to "médaillé": -. Private to "médailles": es.
"médaillé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "médailles" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "médaillé" and "médailles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "médaillé" vs "médailles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "médaillé" and "médailles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "médaillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "médailles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médaillé" and "médailles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "médaillé vs Melville". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #333,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.