structuréesvsstructurellesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: structurées is a verb, structurelles is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“structurées” is a verb and “structurelles” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,020
“structurées” frequency rank
#22,709
“structurelles” frequency rank
63729
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature structurées structurelles
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe structurer. Féminin pluriel de structurel.

Where the eye mixes structurées and structurelles

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
structurées
13 ch
structurelles

Visual trap between structurées and structurelles

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: structurées is \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\ while structurelles is \stʁyk.ty.ʁɛl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

structurées is recorded at frequency rank #41,020, classified as averb, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\. structurelles is at rank #22,709, tagged as anadj, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁɛl\.

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 63729, this pair ranks #80,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of structurées vs structurelles

Shared letters: cerstu. Private to "structurées": é. Private to "structurelles": l.

"structurées" · 11 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "structurelles" · 13 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • structurellessrtucturelles · sstructurelles · strcuturelles · strructurelles · struccturelles · structruelles · structturelles · structuerlles

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "structurées" for "structurelles" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "structurées" is a verb and "structurelles" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "structurées" or "structurelles"?
"structurelles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,709 in our French list, against #41,020 for "structurées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "structurées" and "structurelles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "structurées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "structurelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "structurées" and "structurelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "structurées vs structurent". 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 #80,491 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