Which to use
“scellée” and “scellées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,589
- “scellée” frequency rank
- #47,598
- “scellées” frequency rank
- 80187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scellée | scellées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de scellé. | Féminin pluriel de scellé. |
Same sound, different letters: scellée vs scellées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. scellée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against scellées's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - scellée and scellées
This is the hard kind. scellée and scellées are pronounced identically (\se.le\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “scellée” sits inside “scellées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scellée is recorded at frequency rank #32,589, classified as anadj, 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 80187, this pair ranks #21,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of scellée vs scellées
Shared letters: celsé. Private to "scellée": -. Private to "scellées": -.
"scellée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "scellées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "scellée" and "scellées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "scellée" or "scellées"?
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 "scellée" 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 #21,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scellée" and "scellées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scellées vs sellers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #21,560 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.