Which to use
“téléchargé” and “téléchargée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,760
- “téléchargé” frequency rank
- #45,365
- “téléchargée” frequency rank
- 62125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | téléchargé | téléchargée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de télécharger. | Participe passé féminin singulier de télécharger. |
Same sound, different letters: téléchargé vs téléchargée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. téléchargé runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against téléchargée's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: téléchargé vs téléchargée
This is the hard kind. téléchargé and téléchargée are pronounced identically (\te.le.ʃaʁ.ʒe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “téléchargé” sits inside “téléchargée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
téléchargé is recorded at frequency rank #16,760, classified as averb, pronounced \te.le.ʃaʁ.ʒe\. téléchargée is at rank #45,365, tagged as averb, pronounced \te.le.ʃaʁ.ʒe\.
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 62125, this pair ranks #88,707 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of téléchargé vs téléchargée
Shared letters: acghlrté. Private to "téléchargé": -. Private to "téléchargée": e.
"téléchargé" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "téléchargée" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "téléchargé" for "téléchargée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "téléchargé" vs "téléchargée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "téléchargé" / "téléchargée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "téléchargé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "téléchargée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,707 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "téléchargé" and "téléchargée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "téléchargée vs téléchargez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #88,707 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.