Which to use
“absorbé” and “absorbées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,793
- “absorbé” frequency rank
- #49,453
- “absorbées” frequency rank
- 66246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | absorbé | absorbées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une personne profondément appliquée à quelque chose. | Féminin pluriel de absorbé. |
Same sound, different letters: absorbé vs absorbées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - absorbé / absorbées
This is the hard kind. absorbé and absorbées are pronounced identically (\ap.sɔʁ.be\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “absorbé” sits inside “absorbées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
absorbé is recorded at frequency rank #16,793, classified as anadj, pronounced \ap.sɔʁ.be\. absorbées is at rank #49,453, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ap.sɔʁ.be\.
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 66246, this pair ranks #68,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of absorbé vs absorbées
Shared letters: aborsé. Private to "absorbé": -. Private to "absorbées": e.
"absorbé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "absorbées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "absorbé" and "absorbées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "absorbé" vs "absorbées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "absorbé" / "absorbées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "absorbé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "absorbées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "absorbé" and "absorbées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "absorbées vs absorbés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #68,634 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.