Which to use
“projeté” and “projetées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,453
- “projeté” frequency rank
- #34,267
- “projetées” frequency rank
- 46720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | projeté | projetées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de projeter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de projeter. |
Same sound, different letters: projeté vs projetées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. projeté runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against projetées's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - projeté / projetées
This is the hard kind. projeté and projetées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “projeté” sits inside “projetées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46720, 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\. projetées is at rank #34,267, 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 46720, this pair ranks #192,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of projeté vs projetées
Shared letters: ejoprté. Private to "projeté": -. Private to "projetées": s.
"projeté" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "projetées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "projeté" for "projetées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "projeté" or "projetées" show up more?
After this comparison
"projeté" and "projetées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "projeté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "projetées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "projeté" and "projetées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prêtées vs projetées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #192,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.