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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.

9 ch
soulevées
8 ch
soulevés

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?
No. They are said differently (\su.lə.ve\ versus \su.l(ə.)ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "soulevées" vs "soulevés" - which ranks higher?
"soulevées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,877 in our French list, against #28,753 for "soulevés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list