Which to use
“scellée” is an adjective and “sceller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,589
- “scellée” frequency rank
- #25,807
- “sceller” frequency rank
- 58396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scellée | sceller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de scellé. | Marquer d’un sceau. |
Same sound, different letters: scellée vs sceller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. scellée (CCVCCVV) and sceller (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - scellée and sceller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: scellée and sceller carry the same recorded pronunciation, \se.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58396, 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\. sceller is at rank #25,807, tagged as averb, 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 58396, this pair ranks #109,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of scellée vs sceller
Shared letters: cels. Private to "scellée": é. Private to "sceller": r.
"scellée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "sceller" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sceller ← cseller · scceller · scelelr · sceler · scellerr · scellre · scleler · secller
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "scellée" for "sceller" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "scellée" or "sceller" show up more?
Useful next steps
"scellée" and "sceller" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "scellée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sceller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scellée" and "sceller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scellée vs scellées". 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 #109,308 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.