Which to use
“scellé” is a noun and “scellées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,002
- “scellé” frequency rank
- #47,598
- “scellées” frequency rank
- 64600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scellé | scellées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deux cachets de cire reliés par un ruban que l’on appose à des serrures, à des armoires, etc., par autorité de justice, pour empêcher de les ouvrir. | Féminin pluriel de scellé. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set scellé and scellées apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
scellé and scellées form a confusable pair in the French index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “scellé” sits inside “scellées” - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scellé is recorded at frequency rank #17,002, classified as anoun, pronounced \se.le\. scellées is at rank #47,598, tagged as anadj, pronounced \se.le\.
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 64600, this pair ranks #76,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering scellé vs scellées
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “scellé”; for an adjective, it's “scellées”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “scellé” entry
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