séchéesvsséchésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: séchées is a noun, séchés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“séchées” is a noun and “séchés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,274
“séchées” frequency rank
#40,039
“séchés” frequency rank
71313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature séchées séchés
Definition Pluriel de séchée. Masculin pluriel de séché.

Same sound, different letters: séchées vs séchés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. séchées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against séchés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
séchées
6 ch
séchés

Homophone desk: séchées vs séchés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: séchées and séchés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \se.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, 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 71313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

séchées is recorded at frequency rank #31,274, classified as anoun, pronounced \se.ʃe\. séchés is at rank #40,039, tagged as anadj, pronounced \se.ʃe\.

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 71313, this pair ranks #47,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of séchées vs séchés

Shared letters: chsé. Private to "séchées": e. Private to "séchés": -.

"séchées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "séchés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "séchées" and "séchés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "séchées" is a noun and "séchés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "séchées" or "séchés" show up more?
"séchées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,274 in our French list, against #40,039 for "séchés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"séchées" and "séchés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "séchées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "séchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "séchées" and "séchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "séchés vs socles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #47,986 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list