Which to use
“communiqué” is a noun and “communiquée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,524
- “communiqué” frequency rank
- #25,938
- “communiquée” frequency rank
- 29462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communiqué | communiquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Message à la presse. | Participe passé féminin singulier de communiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: communiqué vs communiquée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. communiqué runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against communiquée's 11 (CVCCVCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - communiqué / communiquée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: communiqué and communiquée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.my.ni.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “communiqué” sits inside “communiquée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communiqué is recorded at frequency rank #3,524, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.my.ni.ke\. communiquée is at rank #25,938, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.my.ni.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 29462, this pair ranks #316,516 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of communiqué vs communiquée
Shared letters: cimnoqué. Private to "communiqué": -. Private to "communiquée": e.
"communiqué" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "communiquée" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "communiqué" for "communiquée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "communiqué" or "communiquée" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "communiqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "communiquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,516 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "communiqué" and "communiquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communiquée vs communiquées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #316,516 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.