Which to use
“prêté” is a noun and “prêtées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,129
- “prêté” frequency rank
- #47,543
- “prêtées” frequency rank
- 53672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prêté | prêtées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Objet d'un prêt. | Féminin pluriel de prêté. |
Same sound, different letters: prêté vs prêtées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - prêté / prêtées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: prêté and prêtées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁɛ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “prêté” sits inside “prêtées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prêté is recorded at frequency rank #6,129, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ.te\. 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 53672, this pair ranks #139,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prêté vs prêtées
Shared letters: prtéê. Private to "prêté": -. Private to "prêtées": es.
"prêté" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prêtées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prêté" / "prêtées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prêté" 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 #139,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prêté" and "prêtées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pètes vs prêtées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #139,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.