Which to use
“companies” is a noun and “comparées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,076
- “companies” frequency rank
- #28,493
- “comparées” frequency rank
- 74569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | companies | comparées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de company. | Féminin pluriel de comparé. |
Where the eye mixes companies and comparées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. companies and comparées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between companies and comparées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: companies is \ˈkʌm.pə.niz\ while comparées is \kɔ̃.pa.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
companies is recorded at frequency rank #46,076, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈkʌm.pə.niz\. comparées is at rank #28,493, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pa.ʁe\.
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 74569, this pair ranks #36,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of companies vs comparées
Shared letters: acemops. Private to "companies": in. Private to "comparées": ré.
"companies" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "comparées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- companies ← ccompanies · cmopanies · comapnies · commpanies · compaines · companeis · companiess · companise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "companies" for "comparées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "companies" vs "comparées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "companies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comparées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "companies" and "comparées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "companies vs compares". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #36,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.