Which to use
“scellée” and “scellés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,589
- “scellée” frequency rank
- #23,364
- “scellés” frequency rank
- 55953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scellée | scellés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de scellé. | Masculin pluriel de scellé. |
Same sound, different letters: scellée vs scellés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. scellée (CCVCCVV) and scellés (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 scellés
This is the hard kind. scellée and scellés 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 a single letter - e in “scellée” becomes s in “scellés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55953, 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\. scellés is at rank #23,364, 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 55953, this pair ranks #124,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of scellée vs scellés
Shared letters: celsé. Private to "scellée": -. Private to "scellés": -.
"scellée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "scellés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "scellée" and "scellés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "scellée" vs "scellés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "scellée" / "scellés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "scellée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "scellés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scellée" and "scellés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scellée vs scellées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #124,145 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.