Which to use
“associé” and “associés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,808
- “associé” frequency rank
- #3,591
- “associés” frequency rank
- 6399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | associé | associés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui entre dans une association. | Masculin pluriel de associé. |
Same sound, different letters: associé vs associés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. associé runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against associés's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: associé vs associés
This is the hard kind. associé and associés 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 1 extra letter(s) - “associé” sits inside “associés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6399, 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\. associés is at rank #3,591, 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 6399, this pair ranks #426,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of associé vs associés
Shared letters: aciosé. Private to "associé": -. Private to "associés": -.
"associé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "associés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "associé" for "associés" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"associé" and "associés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "associé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "associés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "associé" and "associés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "associés vs assoie". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #426,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.