Which to use
“prélevé” and “prélevées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,635
- “prélevé” frequency rank
- #37,498
- “prélevées” frequency rank
- 57133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prélevé | prélevées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de prélever. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de prélever. |
Same sound, different letters: prélevé vs prélevées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - prélevé and prélevées
This is the hard kind. prélevé and prélevées are pronounced identically (\pʁe.lə.ve\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “prélevé” sits inside “prélevées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prélevé is recorded at frequency rank #19,635, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.lə.ve\. 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 57133, this pair ranks #116,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prélevé vs prélevées
Shared letters: elprvé. Private to "prélevé": -. Private to "prélevées": s.
"prélevé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "prélevées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prélevé" / "prélevées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prélevé" 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 #116,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prélevé" and "prélevées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précédées vs prélevées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #116,867 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.