Which to use
“projeté” and “projetée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,453
- “projeté” frequency rank
- #22,662
- “projetée” frequency rank
- 35115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | projeté | projetée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de projeter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de projeter. |
Same sound, different letters: projeté vs projetée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. projeté runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against projetée's 8 (CCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - projeté and projetée
This is the hard kind. projeté and projetée are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.ʒə.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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “projeté” sits inside “projetée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
projeté is recorded at frequency rank #12,453, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.ʒə.te\. projetée is at rank #22,662, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.ʒə.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 35115, this pair ranks #279,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of projeté vs projetée
Shared letters: ejoprté. Private to "projeté": -. Private to "projetée": -.
"projeté" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "projetée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "projeté" and "projetée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "projeté" or "projetée"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "projeté" / "projetée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "projeté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "projetée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "projeté" and "projetée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proféré vs projeté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #279,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.