Which to use
“précédés” and “prélevés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,414
- “précédés” frequency rank
- #23,323
- “prélevés” frequency rank
- 56737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précédés | prélevés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de précéder. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de prélever. |
Where the eye mixes précédés and prélevés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. précédés and prélevés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: précédés vs prélevés
A purely visual mix-up. précédés (\pʁe.se.de\) and prélevés (\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 56737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
précédés is recorded at frequency rank #33,414, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.se.de\. prélevés is at rank #23,323, 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 56737, this pair ranks #119,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of précédés vs prélevés
Shared letters: prsé. Private to "précédés": cd. Private to "prélevés": elv.
"précédés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "prélevés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "précédés" and "prélevés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "précédés" vs "prélevés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "précédés" and "prélevés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "précédés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prélevés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précédés" and "prélevés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précédées vs précédés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #119,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.