Which to use
“prêtée” and “prêtés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,853
- “prêtée” frequency rank
- #30,756
- “prêtés” frequency rank
- 64609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prêtée | prêtés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de prêté. | Masculin pluriel de prêté. |
Same sound, different letters: prêtée vs prêtés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. prêtée (CCVCVV) and prêtés (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: prêtée vs prêtés
This is the hard kind. prêtée and prêtés are pronounced identically (\pʁɛ.te\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “prêtée” becomes s in “prêtés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prêtée is recorded at frequency rank #33,853, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɛ.te\. prêtés is at rank #30,756, 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 64609, this pair ranks #76,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prêtée vs prêtés
Shared letters: prtéê. Private to "prêtée": e. Private to "prêtés": s.
"prêtée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "prêtés" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prêtée" and "prêtés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "prêtée" or "prêtés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "prêtée" / "prêtés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prêtée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prêtés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prêtée" and "prêtés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prêtée vs priée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #76,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.