présentéesvsprésenterConfusable pair

Which to use

“présentées” and “présenter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,876
“présentées” frequency rank
#1,400
“présenter” frequency rank
8276
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature présentées présenter
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de présenter. Montrer une première fois ; mettre un objet sous les yeux de quelqu'un.

Same sound, different letters: présentées vs présenter

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

10 ch
présentées
9 ch
présenter

Homophone desk: présentées vs présenter

This is the hard kind. présentées and présenter are pronounced identically (\pʁe.zɑ̃.te\) 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 8276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

présentées is recorded at frequency rank #6,876, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.zɑ̃.te\. présenter is at rank #1,400, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.zɑ̃.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 8276, this pair ranks #420,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of présentées vs présenter

Shared letters: enprsté. Private to "présentées": -. Private to "présenter": -.

"présentées" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC  ·  "présenter" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "présentées" and "présenter" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁe.zɑ̃.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "présentées" vs "présenter" - which ranks higher?
"présenter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,400 in our French list, against #6,876 for "présentées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "présentées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "présenter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #420,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "présentées" and "présenter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "présentées vs préservées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #420,581 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list