Which to use
“prennes” is a verb and “prêtées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,917
- “prennes” frequency rank
- #47,543
- “prêtées” frequency rank
- 75460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prennes | prêtées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe prendre. | Féminin pluriel de prêté. |
Where the eye mixes prennes and prêtées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. prennes (CCVCCVC) and prêtées (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: prennes vs prêtées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prennes is \pʁɛn\ while prêtées is \pʁɛ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prennes is recorded at frequency rank #27,917, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɛn\. prêtées is at rank #47,543, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɛ.te\.
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 75460, this pair ranks #34,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prennes vs prêtées
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "prennes": n. Private to "prêtées": téê.
"prennes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "prêtées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prennes ← pernnes · pprennes · prenens · prenes · prenness · prennse · prnenes · prrennes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prennes" and "prêtées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prennes" vs "prêtées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "prennes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prêtées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prennes" and "prêtées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pètes vs prêtées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #34,038 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.