commercialiséevscommercialiséesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“commercialisée” and “commercialisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,489
“commercialisée” frequency rank
#39,713
“commercialisées” frequency rank
68202
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commercialisée commercialisées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe commercialiser. Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe commercialiser.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set commercialisée and commercialisées apart are highlighted. They share 14 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

14 ch
commercialisée
15 ch
commercialisées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. commercialisée and commercialisées are pronounced identically (\kɔ.mɛʁ.sja.li.ze\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “commercialisée” sits inside “commercialisées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

commercialisée is recorded at frequency rank #28,489, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɛʁ.sja.li.ze\. commercialisées is at rank #39,713, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɛʁ.sja.li.ze\.

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 68202, this pair ranks #60,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of commercialisée vs commercialisées

Shared letters: aceilmorsé. Private to "commercialisée": -. Private to "commercialisées": -.

"commercialisée" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCVCVV  ·  "commercialisées" · 15 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

commercialisée#28,489
commercialisées#39,713

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "commercialisée" and "commercialisées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ.mɛʁ.sja.li.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "commercialisée" or "commercialisées"?
"commercialisée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,489 in our French list, against #39,713 for "commercialisées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering commercialisée vs commercialisées

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list