Which to use
“rapprochée” and “rapprochées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,849
- “rapprochée” frequency rank
- #36,557
- “rapprochées” frequency rank
- 55406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rapprochée | rapprochées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de rapproché. | Féminin pluriel de rapproché. |
Same sound, different letters: rapprochée vs rapprochées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. rapprochée runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCCVV) against rapprochées's 11 (CVCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - rapprochée and rapprochées
This is the hard kind. rapprochée and rapprochées are pronounced identically (\ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe\) 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) - “rapprochée” sits inside “rapprochées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rapprochée is recorded at frequency rank #18,849, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe\. rapprochées is at rank #36,557, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe\.
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 55406, this pair ranks #127,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rapprochée vs rapprochées
Shared letters: acehopré. Private to "rapprochée": -. Private to "rapprochées": s.
"rapprochée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVV · "rapprochées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rapprochée" for "rapprochées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rapprochée" or "rapprochées"?
After this comparison
"rapprochée" and "rapprochées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rapprochée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rapprochées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rapprochée" and "rapprochées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rapprochées vs rapprochés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #127,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.