annoncevsannoncéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: annonce is a noun, annoncées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“annonce” is a noun and “annoncées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#732
“annonce” frequency rank
#17,870
“annoncées” frequency rank
18602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature annonce annoncées
Definition Avis par lequel on fait savoir quelque chose au public, verbalement ou par écrit. Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe annoncer.

Where the eye mixes annonce and annoncées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. annonce runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against annoncées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
annonce
9 ch
annoncées

Why the eye confuses annonce with annoncées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: annonce is \a.nɔ̃s\ while annoncées is \a.nɔ̃.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

annonce is recorded at frequency rank #732, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.nɔ̃s\. annoncées is at rank #17,870, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.nɔ̃.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 18602, this pair ranks #377,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of annonce vs annoncées

Shared letters: aceno. Private to "annonce": -. Private to "annoncées": sé.

"annonce" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "annoncées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • annonce ← annnoce · annocne · annoncce · annonec · annonnce · anonce · anonnce · nanonce

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "annonce" and "annoncées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "annonce" is a noun and "annoncées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "annonce" vs "annoncées" - which ranks higher?
"annonce" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #732 in our French list, against #17,870 for "annoncées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "annonce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "annoncées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #377,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "annonce" and "annoncées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annoncées vs annoncez". 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 #377,478 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