Which to use
“privée” and “privées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,535
- “privée” frequency rank
- #3,788
- “privées” frequency rank
- 5323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | privée | privées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de privé. | Féminin pluriel de privé. |
Same sound, different letters: privée vs privées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. privée runs 6 letters (CCVCVV) against privées's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - privée / privées
This is the hard kind. privée and privées are pronounced identically (\pʁi.ve\) 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 extra letter(s) - “privée” sits inside “privées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
privée is recorded at frequency rank #1,535, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁi.ve\. privées is at rank #3,788, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁi.ve\.
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 5323, this pair ranks #429,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of privée vs privées
Shared letters: eiprvé. Private to "privée": -. Private to "privées": s.
"privée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "privées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "privée" and "privées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "privée" or "privées" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "privée" / "privées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "privée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "privées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "privée" and "privées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs privées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #429,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.