Which to use
“abrogé” is an adjective and “abrogée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,255
- “abrogé” frequency rank
- #45,405
- “abrogée” frequency rank
- 77660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abrogé | abrogée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Supprimé, annulé, en parlant des lois, décrets, arrêtés, etc. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe abroger. |
Same sound, different letters: abrogé vs abrogée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. abrogé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against abrogée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - abrogé and abrogée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: abrogé and abrogée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bʁɔ.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “abrogé” sits inside “abrogée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abrogé is recorded at frequency rank #32,255, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bʁɔ.ʒe\. abrogée is at rank #45,405, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.bʁɔ.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 77660, this pair ranks #27,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abrogé vs abrogée
Shared letters: abgoré. Private to "abrogé": -. Private to "abrogée": e.
"abrogé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "abrogée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "abrogé" / "abrogée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "abrogé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abrogée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abrogé" and "abrogée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrogée vs agrégée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #27,769 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.