Which to use
“prélevées” and “prélevés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,498
- “prélevées” frequency rank
- #23,323
- “prélevés” frequency rank
- 60821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prélevées | prélevés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de prélever. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de prélever. |
Same sound, different letters: prélevées vs prélevés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. prélevées runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against prélevés's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: prélevées vs prélevés
This is the hard kind. prélevées 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prélevées is recorded at frequency rank #37,498, 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 60821, this pair ranks #95,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prélevées vs prélevés
Shared letters: elprsvé. Private to "prélevées": -. Private to "prélevés": -.
"prélevées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "prélevés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prélevées" and "prélevés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "prélevées" vs "prélevés" - which ranks higher?
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 "prélevées" 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 #95,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prélevées" and "prélevés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "précédées vs prélevées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #95,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.