Which to use
“prélevé” and “prélevés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,635
- “prélevé” frequency rank
- #23,323
- “prélevés” frequency rank
- 42958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prélevé | prélevés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de prélever. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de prélever. |
Same sound, different letters: prélevé vs prélevés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. prélevé runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against prélevés'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 prélevés
This is the hard kind. prélevé and prélevés 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 extra letter(s) - “prélevé” sits inside “prélevés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42958, 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\. prélevés is at rank #23,323, 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 42958, this pair ranks #221,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prélevé vs prélevés
Shared letters: elprvé. Private to "prélevé": -. Private to "prélevés": s.
"prélevé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "prélevés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prélevé" and "prélevés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prélevé" or "prélevés"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "prélevé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prélevés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prélevé" and "prélevés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prélevés vs prêtées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #221,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.