plantéesvsplanteursWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: plantées is a adjective, planteurs is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“plantées” is an adjective and “planteurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,185
“plantées” frequency rank
#40,928
“planteurs” frequency rank
72113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature plantées planteurs
Definition Féminin pluriel de planté. Pluriel de planteur.

Where the eye mixes plantées and planteurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. plantées runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against planteurs's 9 (CCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
plantées
9 ch
planteurs

Why the eye confuses plantées with planteurs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: plantées is \plɑ̃.te\ while planteurs is \plɑ̃.tœʁ\. 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 72113, 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\. planteurs is at rank #40,928, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɑ̃.tœʁ\.

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 72113, this pair ranks #45,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of plantées vs planteurs

Shared letters: aelnpst. Private to "plantées": é. Private to "planteurs": ru.

"plantées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC  ·  "planteurs" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • planteurslpanteurs · palnteurs · planeturs · plannteurs · planterus · planteurrs · planteurss · planteusr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "plantées" and "planteurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "plantées" is an adjective and "planteurs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "plantées" vs "planteurs" - which ranks higher?
"plantées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,185 in our French list, against #40,928 for "planteurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "plantées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "planteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "plantées" and "planteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planteurs vs puanteur". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #45,148 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list