Which to use
“rattrapé” and “rattrapés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,718
- “rattrapé” frequency rank
- #48,141
- “rattrapés” frequency rank
- 64859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rattrapé | rattrapés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de rattraper. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de rattraper. |
Same sound, different letters: rattrapé vs rattrapés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rattrapé runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against rattrapés's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: rattrapé vs rattrapés
This is the hard kind. rattrapé and rattrapés are pronounced identically (\ʁa.tʁa.pe\) 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) - “rattrapé” sits inside “rattrapés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rattrapé is recorded at frequency rank #16,718, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.tʁa.pe\. rattrapés is at rank #48,141, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.tʁa.pe\.
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 64859, this pair ranks #75,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rattrapé vs rattrapés
Shared letters: aprté. Private to "rattrapé": -. Private to "rattrapés": s.
"rattrapé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "rattrapés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rattrapé" and "rattrapés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rattrapé" vs "rattrapés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "rattrapé" / "rattrapés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rattrapé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rattrapés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rattrapé" and "rattrapés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rattrapent vs rattrapés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #75,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.