Which to use
“censure” is a noun and “censurée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,218
- “censure” frequency rank
- #29,687
- “censurée” frequency rank
- 34905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | censure | censurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Examen qu’un gouvernement fait faire des livres, des journaux, des pièces de théâtre, etc., avant d’en permettre la publication ou la représentation. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe censurer. |
Where the eye mixes censure and censurée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: censure vs censurée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: censure is \sɑ̃.syʁ\ while censurée is \sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
censure is recorded at frequency rank #5,218, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.syʁ\. censurée is at rank #29,687, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\.
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 34905, this pair ranks #280,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of censure vs censurée
Shared letters: cenrsu. Private to "censure": -. Private to "censurée": é.
"censure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "censurée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- censure ← ccensure · cennsure · censrue · censsure · censuer · censurre · cenusre · cesnure
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "censure" and "censurée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "censure" or "censurée"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "censure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "censurée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "censure" and "censurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "censurée vs Césarée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #280,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.