Which to use
“précipité” and “précipités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,976
- “précipité” frequency rank
- #36,114
- “précipités” frequency rank
- 52090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | précipité | précipités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hâté, accéléré, prompt, rapide voire impétueux. | Masculin pluriel de précipité. |
Same sound, different letters: précipité vs précipités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. précipité runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against précipités's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: précipité vs précipités
This is the hard kind. précipité and précipités are pronounced identically (\pʁe.si.pi.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 extra letter(s) - “précipité” sits inside “précipités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
précipité is recorded at frequency rank #15,976, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.si.pi.te\. précipités is at rank #36,114, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.si.pi.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 52090, this pair ranks #150,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of précipité vs précipités
Shared letters: ciprté. Private to "précipité": -. Private to "précipités": s.
"précipité" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "précipités" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "précipité" for "précipités" ever safe?
Which is more common, "précipité" or "précipités"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "précipité" / "précipités". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "précipité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "précipités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "précipité" and "précipités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précipita vs précipités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #150,255 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.