Which to use
“communiquée” and “communiquées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,938
- “communiquée” frequency rank
- #26,303
- “communiquées” frequency rank
- 52241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communiquée | communiquées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de communiquer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de communiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: communiquée vs communiquées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. communiquée runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVV) against communiquées's 12 (CVCCVCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: communiquée vs communiquées
This is the hard kind. communiquée and communiquées are pronounced identically (\kɔ.my.ni.ke\) 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) - “communiquée” sits inside “communiquées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communiquée is recorded at frequency rank #25,938, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.my.ni.ke\. communiquées is at rank #26,303, 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 52241, this pair ranks #149,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of communiquée vs communiquées
Shared letters: ceimnoqué. Private to "communiquée": -. Private to "communiquées": s.
"communiquée" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVV · "communiquées" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "communiquée" and "communiquées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "communiquée" vs "communiquées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"communiquée" and "communiquées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "communiquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "communiquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "communiquée" and "communiquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communiquées vs communiquent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #149,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.