Which to use
“plantée” and “plantés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,818
- “plantée” frequency rank
- #17,790
- “plantés” frequency rank
- 38608
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plantée | plantés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de planté. | Masculin pluriel de planté. |
Same sound, different letters: plantée vs plantés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. plantée (CCVCCVV) and plantés (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - plantée and plantés
This is the hard kind. plantée and plantés 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 a single letter - e in “plantée” becomes s in “plantés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38608, 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\. 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 38608, this pair ranks #254,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plantée vs plantés
Shared letters: alnpté. Private to "plantée": e. Private to "plantés": s.
"plantée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "plantés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plantée" and "plantés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "plantée" or "plantés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "plantée" / "plantés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "plantée" 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 #254,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plantée" and "plantés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactes vs plantés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #254,079 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.