Which to use
“préférée” and “préférées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,014
- “préférée” frequency rank
- #12,647
- “préférées” frequency rank
- 18661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | préférée | préférées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de préféré. | Féminin pluriel de préféré. |
Same sound, different letters: préférée vs préférées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. préférée runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against préférées's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: préférée vs préférées
This is the hard kind. préférée and préférées are pronounced identically (\pʁe.fe.ʁe\) 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) - “préférée” sits inside “préférées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
préférée is recorded at frequency rank #6,014, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.fe.ʁe\. préférées is at rank #12,647, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.fe.ʁe\.
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 18661, this pair ranks #377,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of préférée vs préférées
Shared letters: efpré. Private to "préférée": -. Private to "préférées": s.
"préférée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "préférées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "préférée" for "préférées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "préférée" or "préférées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "préférée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "préférées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "préférée" and "préférées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précédées vs préférées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #377,157 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.