Which to use
“récoltée” and “récoltés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,014
- “récoltée” frequency rank
- #21,454
- “récoltés” frequency rank
- 68468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récoltée | récoltés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de récolter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de récolter. |
Same sound, different letters: récoltée vs récoltés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. récoltée (CVCVCCVV) and récoltés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - récoltée and récoltés
This is the hard kind. récoltée and récoltés are pronounced identically (\ʁe.kɔl.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 a single letter - e in “récoltée” becomes s in “récoltés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récoltée is recorded at frequency rank #47,014, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.kɔl.te\. récoltés is at rank #21,454, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.kɔl.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 68468, this pair ranks #59,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of récoltée vs récoltés
Shared letters: clorté. Private to "récoltée": e. Private to "récoltés": s.
"récoltée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "récoltés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "récoltée" and "récoltés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "récoltée" or "récoltés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "récoltée" / "récoltés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "récoltée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récoltés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récoltée" and "récoltés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récoltée vs redoutée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,082 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.