Which to use
“retardée” is a noun and “retardés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,112
- “retardée” frequency rank
- #39,506
- “retardés” frequency rank
- 64618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retardée | retardés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui a été retardée. | Masculin pluriel de retardé. |
Same sound, different letters: retardée vs retardés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. retardée (CVCVCCVV) and retardés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - retardée / retardés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: retardée and retardés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.taʁ.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “retardée” becomes s in “retardés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retardée is recorded at frequency rank #25,112, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.taʁ.de\. retardés is at rank #39,506, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.taʁ.de\.
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 64618, this pair ranks #76,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of retardée vs retardés
Shared letters: aderté. Private to "retardée": -. Private to "retardés": s.
"retardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "retardés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retardée" and "retardés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "retardée" vs "retardés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "retardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retardés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retardée" and "retardés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardées vs retardés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #76,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.