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“blessé” and “blessées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,113
- “blessé” frequency rank
- #20,646
- “blessées” frequency rank
- 22759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | blessé | blessées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a subi une ou des blessures. | Féminin pluriel de blessé. |
Where the eye mixes blessé and blessées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: blessé vs blessées
A purely visual mix-up. blessé (\blɛ.se\) and blessées (\ble.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “blessé” sits inside “blessées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
blessé is recorded at frequency rank #2,113, classified as anadj, pronounced \blɛ.se\. blessées is at rank #20,646, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ble.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 22759, this pair ranks #356,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of blessé vs blessées
Shared letters: belsé. Private to "blessé": -. Private to "blessées": -.
"blessé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "blessées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "blessé" and "blessées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "blessé" or "blessées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "blessé" and "blessées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "blessé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blessées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "blessé" and "blessées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blessées vs blessent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #356,305 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.