Which to use
“censurée” and “censurer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,687
- “censurée” frequency rank
- #24,512
- “censurer” frequency rank
- 54199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | censurée | censurer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe censurer. | Blâmer, critiquer, reprendre. |
Same sound, different letters: censurée vs censurer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: censurée vs censurer
This is the hard kind. censurée and censurer are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\) and both work as averb. 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 54199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
censurée is recorded at frequency rank #29,687, classified as averb, pronounced \sɑ̃.sy.ʁe\. censurer is at rank #24,512, 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 54199, this pair ranks #135,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of censurée vs censurer
Shared letters: cenrsu. Private to "censurée": é. Private to "censurer": -.
"censurée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "censurer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- censurer ← ccensurer · cennsurer · censruer · censsurer · censuerr · censurerr · censurrer · cenusrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "censurée" and "censurer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "censurée" or "censurer" show up more?
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 "censurée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "censurer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "censurée" and "censurer" 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 #135,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.