Which to use
“prêtées” and “prêtés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,543
- “prêtées” frequency rank
- #30,756
- “prêtés” frequency rank
- 78299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prêtées | prêtés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de prêté. | Masculin pluriel de prêté. |
Same sound, different letters: prêtées vs prêtés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. prêtées runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against prêtés's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - prêtées / prêtés
This is the hard kind. prêtées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prêtées is recorded at frequency rank #47,543, 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 78299, this pair ranks #26,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prêtées vs prêtés
Shared letters: prstéê. Private to "prêtées": e. Private to "prêtés": -.
"prêtées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "prêtés" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prêtées" for "prêtés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "prêtées" or "prêtés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "prêtées" / "prêtés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "prêtées" 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 #26,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prêtées" and "prêtés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pètes vs prêtées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #26,139 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.