Which to use
“associé” and “associées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,808
- “associé” frequency rank
- #9,603
- “associées” frequency rank
- 12411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | associé | associées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui entre dans une association. | Féminin pluriel de associé. |
Same sound, different letters: associé vs associées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. associé runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against associées's 9 (VCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - associé and associées
This is the hard kind. associé and associées are pronounced identically (\a.sɔ.sje\) 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) - “associé” sits inside “associées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
associé is recorded at frequency rank #2,808, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.sɔ.sje\. associées is at rank #9,603, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.sɔ.sje\.
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 12411, this pair ranks #405,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of associé vs associées
Shared letters: aciosé. Private to "associé": -. Private to "associées": e.
"associé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "associées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "associé" and "associées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "associé" or "associées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "associé" / "associées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "associé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "associées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "associé" and "associées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "associé vs assomme". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #405,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.