Which to use
“rachetée” and “rachetées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,459
- “rachetée” frequency rank
- #48,134
- “rachetées” frequency rank
- 73593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rachetée | rachetées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de racheter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de racheter. |
Same sound, different letters: rachetée vs rachetées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rachetée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against rachetées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - rachetée and rachetées
This is the hard kind. rachetée and rachetées are pronounced identically (\ʁa.ʃə.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) - “rachetée” sits inside “rachetées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rachetée is recorded at frequency rank #25,459, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ʃə.te\. rachetées is at rank #48,134, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ʃə.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 73593, this pair ranks #39,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rachetée vs rachetées
Shared letters: acehrté. Private to "rachetée": -. Private to "rachetées": s.
"rachetée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "rachetées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rachetée" for "rachetées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rachetée" or "rachetées"?
What to do next
"rachetée" and "rachetées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rachetée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rachetées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,917 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rachetée" and "rachetées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachetées vs rachètent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #39,917 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.