Which to use
“placées” and “plantés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,533
- “placées” frequency rank
- #17,790
- “plantés” frequency rank
- 27323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | placées | plantés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de placé. | Masculin pluriel de planté. |
Where the eye mixes placées and plantés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. placées (CCVCVVC) and plantés (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between placées and plantés
A purely visual mix-up. placées (\pla.se\) and plantés (\plɑ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27323, 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\. plantés is at rank #17,790, tagged as anadj, pronounced \plɑ̃.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 27323, this pair ranks #329,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of placées vs plantés
Shared letters: alpsé. Private to "placées": ce. Private to "plantés": nt.
"placées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "plantés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "placées" and "plantés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "placées" or "plantés"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "placées" and "plantés" 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 "plantés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "placées" and "plantés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactes vs plantés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #329,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.