Which to use
“méritées” and “mériter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,674
- “méritées” frequency rank
- #11,260
- “mériter” frequency rank
- 59934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | méritées | mériter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de mériter. | Être digne, se rendre digne de. |
Same sound, different letters: méritées vs mériter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. méritées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against mériter's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - méritées / mériter
This is the hard kind. méritées and mériter 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
méritées is recorded at frequency rank #48,674, classified as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.te\. mériter is at rank #11,260, 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 59934, this pair ranks #100,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of méritées vs mériter
Shared letters: eimrté. Private to "méritées": s. Private to "mériter": -.
"méritées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "mériter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "méritées" and "mériter" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "méritées" or "mériter"?
What to do next
"méritées" and "mériter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "méritées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mériter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "méritées" and "mériter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "méritées vs méritons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #100,376 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.