Which to use
“téléchargé” and “télécharger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,760
- “téléchargé” frequency rank
- #6,570
- “télécharger” frequency rank
- 23330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | téléchargé | télécharger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de télécharger. | Transférer, des données entre deux équipements informatiques, localement ou à travers internet. |
Same sound, different letters: téléchargé vs télécharger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. téléchargé runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against télécharger's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: téléchargé vs télécharger
This is the hard kind. téléchargé and télécharger 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23330, 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\. télécharger is at rank #6,570, 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 23330, this pair ranks #353,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of téléchargé vs télécharger
Shared letters: acghlrté. Private to "téléchargé": -. Private to "télécharger": e.
"téléchargé" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "télécharger" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "téléchargé" and "télécharger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "téléchargé" vs "télécharger" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "téléchargé" / "télécharger". 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 "télécharger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "téléchargé" and "télécharger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "téléchargé vs téléchargée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #353,133 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.