Which to use
“placées” is an adjective and “planètes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,533
- “placées” frequency rank
- #7,880
- “planètes” frequency rank
- 17413
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | placées | planètes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de placé. | Pluriel de planète. |
Where the eye mixes placées and planètes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. placées runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against planètes's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: placées vs planètes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: placées is \pla.se\ while planètes is \pla.nɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17413, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
placées is recorded at frequency rank #9,533, classified as anadj, pronounced \pla.se\. planètes is at rank #7,880, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pla.nɛt\.
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 17413, this pair ranks #383,294 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of placées vs planètes
Shared letters: aelps. Private to "placées": cé. Private to "planètes": ntè.
"placées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "planètes" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "placées" and "planètes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "placées" or "planètes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "placées" and "planètes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "placées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "planètes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,294 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "placées" and "planètes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palaces vs placées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #383,294 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.