Which to use
“précepte” and “préceptes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,536
- “précepte” frequency rank
- #22,382
- “préceptes” frequency rank
- 69918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précepte | préceptes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Règle ; leçon ; enseignement. | Pluriel de précepte. |
Same sound, different letters: précepte vs préceptes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. précepte runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against préceptes's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: précepte vs préceptes
This is the hard kind. précepte and préceptes are pronounced identically (\pʁe.sɛpt\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “précepte” sits inside “préceptes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
précepte is recorded at frequency rank #47,536, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.sɛpt\. préceptes is at rank #22,382, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁe.sɛpt\.
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 69918, this pair ranks #53,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of précepte vs préceptes
Shared letters: ceprté. Private to "précepte": -. Private to "préceptes": s.
"précepte" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "préceptes" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "précepte" for "préceptes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "précepte" vs "préceptes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"précepte" and "préceptes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "précepte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "préceptes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précepte" and "préceptes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précepte vs précité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #53,326 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.