Which to use
“tolérées” and “tolérés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,919
- “tolérées” frequency rank
- #36,620
- “tolérés” frequency rank
- 82539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tolérées | tolérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe tolérer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de tolérer. |
Same sound, different letters: tolérées vs tolérés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. tolérées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against tolérés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: tolérées vs tolérés
This is the hard kind. tolérées and tolérés 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tolérées is recorded at frequency rank #45,919, classified as averb, pronounced \tɔ.le.ʁe\. tolérés is at rank #36,620, 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 82539, this pair ranks #16,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tolérées vs tolérés
Shared letters: lorsté. Private to "tolérées": e. Private to "tolérés": -.
"tolérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "tolérés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tolérées" for "tolérés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tolérées" or "tolérés"?
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 "tolérées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tolérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tolérées" and "tolérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tolérées vs tolèrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #16,541 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.