Which to use
“combinée” and “combinés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,324
- “combinée” frequency rank
- #19,239
- “combinés” frequency rank
- 35563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | combinée | combinés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de combiné. | Masculin pluriel de combiné. |
Same sound, different letters: combinée vs combinés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. combinée (CVCCVCVV) and combinés (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - combinée and combinés
This is the hard kind. combinée and combinés 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 a single letter - e in “combinée” becomes s in “combinés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35563, 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\. combinés is at rank #19,239, 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 35563, this pair ranks #275,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of combinée vs combinés
Shared letters: bcimnoé. Private to "combinée": e. Private to "combinés": s.
"combinée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "combinés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "combinée" and "combinés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "combinée" or "combinés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "combinée" / "combinés". 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 "combinés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "combinée" and "combinés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "combinés vs comptines". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #275,816 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.