présentervsprésentésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#1,400
“présenter” frequency rank
#4,973
“présentés” frequency rank
6373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: présenter vs présentés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

9 ch
présenter
9 ch
présentés

Homophone desk: présenter vs présentés

This is the hard kind. présenter and présentés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

présenter is recorded at frequency rank #1,400, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.zɑ̃.te\. présentés is at rank #4,973, 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 6373, this pair ranks #426,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of présenter vs présentés

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

"présenter" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC  ·  "présentés" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "présenter" and "présentés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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: "présenter" vs "présentés" - which ranks higher?
"présenter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,400 in our French list, against #4,973 for "présentés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "présenter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "présentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #426,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "présenter" and "présentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "présentés vs prudentes". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #426,422 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