Which to use
“méritée” and “mérités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,805
- “méritée” frequency rank
- #28,260
- “mérités” frequency rank
- 47065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | méritée | mérités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de mériter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mériter. |
Same sound, different letters: méritée vs mérités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. méritée (CVCVCVV) and mérités (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: méritée vs mérités
This is the hard kind. méritée and mérités are pronounced identically (\me.ʁi.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “méritée” becomes s in “mérités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
méritée is recorded at frequency rank #18,805, classified as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.te\. mérités is at rank #28,260, tagged as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.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 47065, this pair ranks #189,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of méritée vs mérités
Shared letters: imrté. Private to "méritée": e. Private to "mérités": s.
"méritée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "mérités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "méritée" for "mérités" ever safe?
Which is more common, "méritée" or "mérités"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "méritée" / "mérités". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "méritée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mérités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "méritée" and "mérités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mérités vs méritons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #189,918 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.