Which to use
“tolérée” and “tolérées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,571
- “tolérée” frequency rank
- #45,919
- “tolérées” frequency rank
- 75490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tolérée | tolérées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe tolérer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe tolérer. |
Same sound, different letters: tolérée vs tolérées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. tolérée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against tolérées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: tolérée vs tolérées
This is the hard kind. tolérée and tolérées are pronounced identically (\tɔ.le.ʁe\) 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) - “tolérée” sits inside “tolérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tolérée is recorded at frequency rank #29,571, classified as averb, 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 75490, this pair ranks #33,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tolérée vs tolérées
Shared letters: elorté. Private to "tolérée": -. Private to "tolérées": s.
"tolérée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "tolérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tolérée" for "tolérées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "tolérée" or "tolérées" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tolérée" 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 #33,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tolérée" and "tolérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tolérées vs tolèrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #33,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.