Which to use
“plantée” and “plantées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,818
- “plantée” frequency rank
- #31,185
- “plantées” frequency rank
- 52003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plantée | plantées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de planté. | Féminin pluriel de planté. |
Same sound, different letters: plantée vs plantées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. plantée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against plantées's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - plantée / plantées
This is the hard kind. plantée and plantées are pronounced identically (\plɑ̃.te\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “plantée” sits inside “plantées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plantée is recorded at frequency rank #20,818, classified as anadj, pronounced \plɑ̃.te\. plantées is at rank #31,185, 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 52003, this pair ranks #150,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plantée vs plantées
Shared letters: aelnpté. Private to "plantée": -. Private to "plantées": s.
"plantée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "plantées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plantée" for "plantées" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "plantée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plantées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plantée" and "plantées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planqués vs plantées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #150,879 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.