Which to use
“respecter” is a verb and “respectés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,246
- “respecter” frequency rank
- #15,995
- “respectés” frequency rank
- 18241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | respecter | respectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Honorer ; révérer ; porter respect (à). | Masculin pluriel de respecté. |
Same sound, different letters: respecter vs respectés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. respecter and respectés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - respecter / respectés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: respecter and respectés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɛs.pɛk.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
respecter is recorded at frequency rank #2,246, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛs.pɛk.te\. respectés is at rank #15,995, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛs.pɛk.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 18241, this pair ranks #379,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of respecter vs respectés
Shared letters: ceprst. Private to "respecter": -. Private to "respectés": é.
"respecter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "respectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- respecter ← erspecter · repsecter · resepcter · respceter · respeccter · respecetr · respecterr · respectre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "respecter" and "respectés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "respecter" or "respectés" show up more?
What to do next
"respecter" and "respectés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "respecter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "respectés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "respecter" and "respectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "respectera vs respectés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #379,321 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.