Which to use
“salué” and “saluée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,031
- “salué” frequency rank
- #30,359
- “saluée” frequency rank
- 45390
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salué | saluée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de saluer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de saluer. |
Same sound, different letters: salué vs saluée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - salué and saluée
This is the hard kind. salué and saluée are pronounced identically (\sa.lɥe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “salué” sits inside “saluée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salué is recorded at frequency rank #15,031, classified as averb, pronounced \sa.lɥe\. saluée is at rank #30,359, tagged as averb, pronounced \sa.lɥe\.
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 45390, this pair ranks #203,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of salué vs saluée
Shared letters: alsué. Private to "salué": -. Private to "saluée": e.
"salué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "saluée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "salué" vs "saluée" - 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 "salué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saluée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salué" and "saluée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saluée vs salves". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #203,054 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.