Which to use
“nettoyé” and “nettoyer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,210
- “nettoyé” frequency rank
- #5,588
- “nettoyer” frequency rank
- 25798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nettoyé | nettoyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de nettoyer. | Rendre net et propre. |
Where the eye mixes nettoyé and nettoyer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. nettoyé runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against nettoyer's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: nettoyé vs nettoyer
A purely visual mix-up. nettoyé (\nɛ.twa.je\) and nettoyer (\ne.twa.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nettoyé is recorded at frequency rank #20,210, classified as averb, pronounced \nɛ.twa.je\. nettoyer is at rank #5,588, tagged as averb, pronounced \ne.twa.je\.
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 25798, this pair ranks #338,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nettoyé vs nettoyer
Shared letters: enoty. Private to "nettoyé": é. Private to "nettoyer": r.
"nettoyé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "nettoyer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nettoyer ← enttoyer · netotyer · netoyer · nettoeyr · nettoyerr · nettoyre · nettoyyer · nettyoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nettoyé" for "nettoyer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "nettoyé" or "nettoyer" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "nettoyé" and "nettoyer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "nettoyé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nettoyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nettoyé" and "nettoyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nettoyé vs nettoyés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #338,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.