Which to use
“pilotée” and “piloter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,568
- “pilotée” frequency rank
- #13,863
- “piloter” frequency rank
- 41431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pilotée | piloter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de piloter. | Conduire un bâtiment de mer. |
Same sound, different letters: pilotée vs piloter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. pilotée (CVCVCVV) and piloter (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - pilotée / piloter
This is the hard kind. pilotée and piloter are pronounced identically (\pi.lɔ.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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pilotée is recorded at frequency rank #27,568, classified as averb, pronounced \pi.lɔ.te\. piloter is at rank #13,863, tagged as averb, pronounced \pi.lɔ.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 41431, this pair ranks #233,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pilotée vs piloter
Shared letters: eilopt. Private to "pilotée": é. Private to "piloter": r.
"pilotée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "piloter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- piloter ← iploter · pilloter · piloetr · piloterr · pilotre · pilotter · piltoer · piolter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pilotée" for "piloter" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "pilotée" or "piloter" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "pilotée" / "piloter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pilotée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piloter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pilotée" and "piloter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillée vs pilotée". 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 #233,151 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.