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“plantées” and “plantés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,185
- “plantées” frequency rank
- #17,790
- “plantés” frequency rank
- 48975
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plantées | plantés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de planté. | Masculin pluriel de planté. |
Same sound, different letters: plantées vs plantés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. plantées runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against plantés's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: plantées vs plantés
This is the hard kind. plantées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plantées is recorded at frequency rank #31,185, 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 48975, this pair ranks #174,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plantées vs plantés
Shared letters: alnpsté. Private to "plantées": e. Private to "plantés": -.
"plantées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "plantés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "plantées" 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 #174,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plantées" and "plantés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planqués vs plantées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #174,529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.