Which to use
“sacrées” is an adjective and “sacrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,811
- “sacrées” frequency rank
- #44,171
- “sacrer” frequency rank
- 61982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacrées | sacrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de sacré. | Conférer un caractère sacré par le moyen de certaines cérémonies religieuses. |
Same sound, different letters: sacrées vs sacrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. sacrées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against sacrer's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: sacrées vs sacrer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: sacrées and sacrer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sa.kʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacrées is recorded at frequency rank #17,811, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.kʁe\. sacrer is at rank #44,171, tagged as averb, pronounced \sa.kʁe\.
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 61982, this pair ranks #89,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sacrées vs sacrer
Shared letters: acers. Private to "sacrées": é. Private to "sacrer": -.
"sacrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "sacrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sacrer ← ascrer · saccrer · sacerr · sacrerr · sacrre · sacrrer · sarcer · scarer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sacrées" for "sacrer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sacrées" or "sacrer"?
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 "sacrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sacrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacrées" and "sacrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacra vs sacrer". 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 #89,454 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.