Which to use
“surveillées” and “surveiller” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,566
- “surveillées” frequency rank
- #4,809
- “surveiller” frequency rank
- 44375
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | surveillées | surveiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de surveiller. | Observer avec attention ; examiner ; contrôler. |
Where the eye mixes surveillées and surveiller
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. surveillées runs 11 letters (CVCCVVCCVVC) against surveiller's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: surveillées vs surveiller
A purely visual mix-up. surveillées (\syʁ.ve.je\) and surveiller (\syʁ.vɛ.je\) 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 44375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
surveillées is recorded at frequency rank #39,566, classified as averb, pronounced \syʁ.ve.je\. surveiller is at rank #4,809, tagged as averb, pronounced \syʁ.vɛ.je\.
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 44375, this pair ranks #210,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of surveillées vs surveiller
Shared letters: eilrsuv. Private to "surveillées": é. Private to "surveiller": -.
"surveillées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVVC · "surveiller" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- surveiller ← sruveiller · ssurveiller · sureviller · surrveiller · surveilelr · surveiler · surveillerr · surveillre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "surveillées" and "surveiller" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "surveillées" vs "surveiller" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "surveillées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "surveiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "surveillées" and "surveiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "surveillées vs surveillez". 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 #210,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.