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. |
Same sound, different letters: scellé vs scellées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - scellé / scellées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: scellé and scellées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \se.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “scellé” sits inside “scellées”. 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.
Orthographic DNA of scellé vs scellées
Shared letters: celsé. Private to "scellé": -. Private to "scellées": -.
"scellé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "scellées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "scellé" and "scellées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "scellé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "scellées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scellé" and "scellées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scellée vs scellées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #76,267 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.