Which to use
“autorisé” and “autorisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,821
- “autorisé” frequency rank
- #12,108
- “autorisées” frequency rank
- 15929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autorisé | autorisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a de l’autorité. | Féminin pluriel de autorisé. |
Same sound, different letters: autorisé vs autorisées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. autorisé runs 8 letters (VVCVCVCV) against autorisées's 10 (VVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - autorisé and autorisées
This is the hard kind. autorisé and autorisées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “autorisé” sits inside “autorisées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15929, 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\. autorisées is at rank #12,108, 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 15929, this pair ranks #390,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of autorisé vs autorisées
Shared letters: aiorstué. Private to "autorisé": -. Private to "autorisées": e.
"autorisé" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCVCV · "autorisées" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "autorisé" for "autorisées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "autorisé" or "autorisées"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autorisé" and "autorisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autorisées vs autorisez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #390,213 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.