Which to use
“censés” and “sensée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,654
- “censés” frequency rank
- #21,769
- “sensée” frequency rank
- 32423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | censés | sensée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de censé. | Féminin singulier de sensé. |
Same sound, different letters: censés vs sensée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. censés (CVCCVC) and sensée (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - censés and sensée
This is the hard kind. censés and sensée are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.se\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
censés is recorded at frequency rank #10,654, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.se\. sensée is at rank #21,769, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.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 32423, this pair ranks #297,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of censés vs sensée
Shared letters: ensé. Private to "censés": c. Private to "sensée": -.
"censés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sensée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "censés" for "sensée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "censés" or "sensée"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "censés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sensée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "censés" and "sensée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "semée vs sensée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #297,396 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.