Which to use
“prélever” and “prélevés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,292
- “prélever” frequency rank
- #23,323
- “prélevés” frequency rank
- 41615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prélever | prélevés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lever préalablement une certaine portion sur le total. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de prélever. |
Same sound, different letters: prélever vs prélevés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prélever and prélevés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: prélever vs prélevés
This is the hard kind. prélever 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prélever is recorded at frequency rank #18,292, 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 41615, this pair ranks #231,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prélever vs prélevés
Shared letters: elprvé. Private to "prélever": -. Private to "prélevés": s.
"prélever" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "prélevés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prélever" for "prélevés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "prélever" vs "prélevés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "prélever" / "prélevés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prélever" 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 #231,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prélever" and "prélevés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prélevés vs prêtées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #231,802 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.