Which to use
“toléré” is an adjective and “tolérées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,486
- “toléré” frequency rank
- #45,919
- “tolérées” frequency rank
- 67405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toléré | tolérées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Approuvé, accepté tacitement. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe tolérer. |
Same sound, different letters: toléré vs tolérées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. toléré runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against tolérées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - toléré and tolérées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: toléré and tolérées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tɔ.le.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “toléré” sits inside “tolérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toléré is recorded at frequency rank #21,486, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɔ.le.ʁe\. tolérées is at rank #45,919, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɔ.le.ʁe\.
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 67405, this pair ranks #63,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toléré vs tolérées
Shared letters: lorté. Private to "toléré": -. Private to "tolérées": es.
"toléré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tolérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toléré" and "tolérées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "toléré" or "tolérées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "toléré" / "tolérées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "toléré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tolérées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toléré" and "tolérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tolérées vs tolèrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.