Which to use
“pillée” and “pillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,275
- “pillée” frequency rank
- #40,925
- “pillés” frequency rank
- 90200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pillée | pillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de piller. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de piller. |
Same sound, different letters: pillée vs pillés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. pillée (CVCCVV) and pillés (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - pillée / pillés
This is the hard kind. pillée and pillés are pronounced identically (\pi.je\) 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 “pillée” becomes s in “pillés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pillée is recorded at frequency rank #49,275, classified as averb, pronounced \pi.je\. pillés is at rank #40,925, tagged as averb, pronounced \pi.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 90200, this pair ranks #5,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pillée vs pillés
Shared letters: ilpé. Private to "pillée": e. Private to "pillés": s.
"pillée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "pillés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pillée" and "pillés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "pillée" or "pillés" show up more?
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 "pillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pillée" and "pillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillée vs Pirée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #5,035 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.