Which to use
“autorisé” and “autorisée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,821
- “autorisé” frequency rank
- #7,150
- “autorisée” frequency rank
- 10971
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autorisé | autorisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a de l’autorité. | Féminin singulier de autorisé. |
Same sound, different letters: autorisé vs autorisée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. autorisé runs 8 letters (VVCVCVCV) against autorisée's 9 (VVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: autorisé vs autorisée
This is the hard kind. autorisé and autorisée are pronounced identically (\ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\) 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) - “autorisé” sits inside “autorisée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autorisé is recorded at frequency rank #3,821, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\. autorisée is at rank #7,150, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\.
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 10971, this pair ranks #410,963 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of autorisé vs autorisée
Shared letters: aiorstué. Private to "autorisé": -. Private to "autorisée": e.
"autorisé" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCVCV · "autorisée" · 9 letters · shape VVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "autorisé" and "autorisée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "autorisé" or "autorisée"?
Useful next steps
"autorisé" and "autorisée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,963 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autorisé" and "autorisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autorisée vs autorisez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #410,963 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.