structuréesvsstructurelsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#41,020
“structurées” frequency rank
#26,550
“structurels” frequency rank
67570
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature structurées structurels
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe structurer. Masculin pluriel de structurel.

Where the eye mixes structurées and structurels

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

11 ch
structurées
11 ch
structurels

Visual trap between structurées and structurels

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: structurées is \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\ while structurels is \stʁyk.ty.ʁɛl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67570, 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\. structurels is at rank #26,550, 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 67570, this pair ranks #62,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of structurées vs structurels

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

"structurées" · 11 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVVC  ·  "structurels" · 11 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • structurelssrtucturels · sstructurels · strcuturels · strructurels · struccturels · structruels · structturels · structuerls

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "structurées" and "structurels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "structurées" is a verb and "structurels" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "structurées" or "structurels" show up more?
"structurels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,550 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "structurées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "structurels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "structurées" and "structurels" 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 #62,846 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