Which to use
“précédées” and “prélevées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,123
- “précédées” frequency rank
- #37,498
- “prélevées” frequency rank
- 85621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précédées | prélevées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de précéder. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de prélever. |
Where the eye mixes précédées and prélevées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. précédées and prélevées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: précédées vs prélevées
A purely visual mix-up. précédées (\pʁe.se.de\) and prélevées (\pʁe.lə.ve\) 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 85621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
précédées is recorded at frequency rank #48,123, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.se.de\. prélevées is at rank #37,498, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.lə.ve\.
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 85621, this pair ranks #11,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of précédées vs prélevées
Shared letters: eprsé. Private to "précédées": cd. Private to "prélevées": lv.
"précédées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "prélevées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "précédées" and "prélevées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "précédées" vs "prélevées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "précédées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prélevées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précédées" and "prélevées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précédées vs précisées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #11,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.