annexéevsannexerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: annexée is a adjective, annexer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“annexée” is an adjective and “annexer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,259
“annexée” frequency rank
#33,114
“annexer” frequency rank
59373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature annexée annexer
Definition Féminin singulier de annexé. Joindre une chose à une autre principale pour qu’elle en dépende.

Same sound, different letters: annexée vs annexer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. annexée (VCCVCVV) and annexer (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
annexée
7 ch
annexer

Homophone desk: annexée vs annexer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: annexée and annexer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.nɛk.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

annexée is recorded at frequency rank #26,259, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.nɛk.se\. annexer is at rank #33,114, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.nɛ.kse\.

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 59373, this pair ranks #103,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of annexée vs annexer

Shared letters: aenx. Private to "annexée": é. Private to "annexer": r.

"annexée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "annexer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • annexer ← anenxer · anexer · anneexr · annexerr · annexre · annexxer · annxeer · nanexer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "annexée" and "annexer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "annexée" is an adjective and "annexer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "annexée" or "annexer"?
"annexée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,259 in our French list, against #33,114 for "annexer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "annexée" / "annexer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "annexée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "annexer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "annexée" and "annexer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annexer vs annexés". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #103,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list