réservéevsréservéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“réservée” and “réservées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,654
“réservée” frequency rank
#12,248
“réservées” frequency rank
18902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réservée réservées
Definition Féminin singulier de réservé. Féminin pluriel de réservé.

Same sound, different letters: réservée vs réservées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. réservée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against réservées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
réservée
9 ch
réservées

Ear matches; page differs - réservée and réservées

This is the hard kind. réservée and réservées are pronounced identically (\ʁe.zɛʁ.ve\) 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) - “réservée” sits inside “réservées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réservée is recorded at frequency rank #6,654, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.zɛʁ.ve\. réservées is at rank #12,248, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.zɛʁ.ve\.

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 18902, this pair ranks #376,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réservée vs réservées

Shared letters: ersvé. Private to "réservée": -. Private to "réservées": -.

"réservée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "réservées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réservée" and "réservées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.zɛʁ.ve\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "réservée" vs "réservées" - which ranks higher?
"réservée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,654 in our French list, against #12,248 for "réservées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"réservée" and "réservées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réservée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réservées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #376,024 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réservée" and "réservées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repérées vs réservées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #376,024 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list