Which to use
“combinée” and “combinées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,324
- “combinée” frequency rank
- #22,802
- “combinées” frequency rank
- 39126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | combinée | combinées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de combiné. | Féminin pluriel de combiné. |
Same sound, different letters: combinée vs combinées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. combinée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against combinées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - combinée and combinées
This is the hard kind. combinée and combinées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.bi.ne\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “combinée” sits inside “combinées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
combinée is recorded at frequency rank #16,324, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.bi.ne\. combinées is at rank #22,802, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.bi.ne\.
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 39126, this pair ranks #250,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of combinée vs combinées
Shared letters: bceimnoé. Private to "combinée": -. Private to "combinées": s.
"combinée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "combinées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "combinée" for "combinées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "combinée" vs "combinées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "combinée" / "combinées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "combinée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "combinées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "combinée" and "combinées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "combinée vs confinée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #250,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.