Which to use
“préparais” and “préparées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,811
- “préparais” frequency rank
- #22,665
- “préparées” frequency rank
- 68476
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | préparais | préparées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de préparer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de préparer. |
Where the eye mixes préparais and préparées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. préparais and préparées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: préparais vs préparées
A purely visual mix-up. préparais (\pʁe.pa.ʁɛ\) and préparées (\pʁe.pa.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
préparais is recorded at frequency rank #45,811, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.pa.ʁɛ\. préparées is at rank #22,665, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.pa.ʁe\.
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 68476, this pair ranks #59,051 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of préparais vs préparées
Shared letters: aprsé. Private to "préparais": i. Private to "préparées": e.
"préparais" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "préparées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "préparais" for "préparées" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "préparais" and "préparées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "préparais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "préparées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,051 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "préparais" and "préparées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "préparaient vs préparais". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,051 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.