annexéevsannexésConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#26,259
“annexée” frequency rank
#45,431
“annexés” frequency rank
71690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature annexée annexés
Definition Féminin singulier de annexé. Peuple d’un pays annexé.

Same sound, different letters: annexée vs annexés

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

7 ch
annexée
7 ch
annexés

Homophone desk: annexée vs annexés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: annexée and annexés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.nɛk.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “annexée” becomes s in “annexés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71690, 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\. annexés is at rank #45,431, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.nɛk.se\.

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 71690, this pair ranks #46,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of annexée vs annexés

Shared letters: aenxé. Private to "annexée": -. Private to "annexés": s.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "annexée" and "annexés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "annexée" is an adjective and "annexés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "annexée" or "annexés" show up more?
"annexée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,259 in our French list, against #45,431 for "annexés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "annexée" / "annexés". 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 "annexés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "annexée" and "annexés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annexer vs annexés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #46,674 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