Which to use
“méritées” and “mérités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,674
- “méritées” frequency rank
- #28,260
- “mérités” frequency rank
- 76934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | méritées | mérités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de mériter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mériter. |
Same sound, different letters: méritées vs mérités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. méritées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against mérités's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: méritées vs mérités
This is the hard kind. méritées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76934, 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\. 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 76934, this pair ranks #29,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of méritées vs mérités
Shared letters: imrsté. Private to "méritées": e. Private to "mérités": -.
"méritées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "mérités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "méritées" and "mérités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "méritées" vs "mérités" - which ranks higher?
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 "méritées" 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 #29,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "méritées" and "mérités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "méritées vs méritons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #29,773 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.