Which to use
“ondulée” and “ondulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,833
- “ondulée” frequency rank
- #47,486
- “ondulés” frequency rank
- 97319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ondulée | ondulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ondulé. | Pluriel de ondulé. |
Same sound, different letters: ondulée vs ondulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ondulée (VCCVCVV) and ondulés (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - ondulée and ondulés
This is the hard kind. ondulée and ondulés are pronounced identically (\ɔ̃.dy.le\) and both work as anadjective. 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 “ondulée” becomes s in “ondulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ondulée is recorded at frequency rank #49,833, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ̃.dy.le\. ondulés is at rank #47,486, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɔ̃.dy.le\.
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 97319, this pair ranks #371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ondulée vs ondulés
Shared letters: dlnoué. Private to "ondulée": e. Private to "ondulés": s.
"ondulée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "ondulés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ondulée" and "ondulés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ondulée" vs "ondulés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ondulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ondulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ondulée" and "ondulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ondulé vs ondulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #371 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.