Which to use
“scellées” is an adjective and “sceller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,598
- “scellées” frequency rank
- #25,807
- “sceller” frequency rank
- 73405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scellées | sceller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de scellé. | Marquer d’un sceau. |
Same sound, different letters: scellées vs sceller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. scellées runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against sceller's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - scellées / sceller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: scellées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scellées is recorded at frequency rank #47,598, 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 73405, this pair ranks #40,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of scellées vs sceller
Shared letters: cels. Private to "scellées": é. Private to "sceller": r.
"scellées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "sceller" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sceller ← cseller · scceller · scelelr · sceler · scellerr · scellre · scleler · secller
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "scellées" and "sceller" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "scellées" or "sceller"?
Useful next steps
"scellées" and "sceller" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "scellées" 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 #40,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scellées" 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 #40,586 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.