choquéevschoquésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: choquée is a noun, choqués is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“choquée” is a noun and “choqués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,572
“choquée” frequency rank
#18,958
“choqués” frequency rank
35530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choquée choqués
Definition Une personne choquée. Masculin pluriel de choqué.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set choquée and choqués apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
choquée
7 ch
choqués

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: choquée and choqués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃɔ.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “choquée” becomes s in “choqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

choquée is recorded at frequency rank #16,572, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɔ.ke\. choqués is at rank #18,958, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃɔ.ke\.

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 35530, this pair ranks #276,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of choquée vs choqués

Shared letters: choqué. Private to "choquée": e. Private to "choqués": s.

"choquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV  ·  "choqués" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

choquée#16,572
choqués#18,958

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "choquée" and "choqués" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "choquée" is a noun and "choqués" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "choquée" or "choqués"?
"choquée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,572 in our French list, against #18,958 for "choqués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering choquée vs choqués

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “choquée”; for an adjective, it's “choqués”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “choquée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list