Which to use
“prélevé” and “prélever” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,635
- “prélevé” frequency rank
- #18,292
- “prélever” frequency rank
- 37927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prélevé | prélever |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de prélever. | Lever préalablement une certaine portion sur le total. |
Same sound, different letters: prélevé vs prélever
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prélevé runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against prélever's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - prélevé and prélever
This is the hard kind. prélevé and prélever 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37927, 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\. prélever is at rank #18,292, 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 37927, this pair ranks #258,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prélevé vs prélever
Shared letters: elprvé. Private to "prélevé": -. Private to "prélever": -.
"prélevé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "prélever" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prélevé" and "prélever" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prélevé" vs "prélever" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prélevé" / "prélever". 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 "prélever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prélevé" and "prélever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "préfète vs prélevé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #258,981 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.