Which to use
“soulevées” and “soulevés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,877
- “soulevées” frequency rank
- #28,753
- “soulevés” frequency rank
- 55630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soulevées | soulevés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de soulevé. | Masculin pluriel de soulevé. |
Where the eye mixes soulevées and soulevés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. soulevées runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVVC) against soulevés's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses soulevées with soulevés
A purely visual mix-up. soulevées (\su.lə.ve\) and soulevés (\su.l(ə.)ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soulevées is recorded at frequency rank #26,877, classified as anadj, pronounced \su.lə.ve\. soulevés is at rank #28,753, tagged as anadj, pronounced \su.l(ə.)ve\.
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 55630, this pair ranks #126,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soulevées vs soulevés
Shared letters: elosuvé. Private to "soulevées": -. Private to "soulevés": -.
"soulevées" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVVC · "soulevés" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soulevées" and "soulevés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "soulevées" vs "soulevés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soulevées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soulevés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soulevées" and "soulevés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souleva vs soulevés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #126,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.