Français homophones

censé/censée/censées/censés/sensée/sensés

6 spellings (censé, censée, censées, censés, sensée, sensés) share /\sɑ̃.se\/ - one of the denser French clusters here. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

A dense sound cluster

A 6-way cluster around /\sɑ̃.se\/ is uncommon in the French extract (size rank #20 of 9,139). Treat each spelling as its own headword and check the definitions below before writing.

How the spellings diverge

Shared stem "censé" then splits - "censé" (5 letters) vs "censée" (6).
Shared stem "censé" then splits - "censé" (5 letters) vs "censées" (7).
Shared stem "censé" then splits - "censé" (5 letters) vs "censés" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "censé" is 5 letters, "sensée" is 6; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "censé" is 5 letters, "sensés" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "censée" then splits - "censée" (6 letters) vs "censées" (7).
Single-letter fork: "censée" keeps e, "censés" writes s at letter 6.
No shared spelling stem: "censée" is 6 letters, "sensée" is 6; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "censée" is 6 letters, "sensés" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "censé" then splits - "censées" (7 letters) vs "censés" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "censées" is 7 letters, "sensée" is 6; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "censées" is 7 letters, "sensés" is 6; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "censés" is 6 letters, "sensée" is 6; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "censés" is 6 letters, "sensés" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Single-letter fork: "sensée" keeps e, "sensés" writes s at letter 6.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across censé, censée, censées, censés, sensée, sensés: ensé. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

censé
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory censé · private c
censée
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV
Inventory censé · private c
censées
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVVC
Inventory censé · private c
censés
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory censé · private c
sensée
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV
Inventory ensé · no private letters vs siblings
sensés
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory ensé · no private letters vs siblings