Which to use
“configuré” and “configurer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,802
- “configuré” frequency rank
- #32,755
- “configurer” frequency rank
- 75557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | configuré | configurer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de configurer. | Donner une forme, une figure. |
Same sound, different letters: configuré vs configurer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. configuré runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against configurer's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - configuré / configurer
This is the hard kind. configuré and configurer are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.fi.ɡy.ʁe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
configuré is recorded at frequency rank #42,802, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi.ɡy.ʁe\. configurer is at rank #32,755, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fi.ɡy.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 75557, this pair ranks #33,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of configuré vs configurer
Shared letters: cfginoru. Private to "configuré": é. Private to "configurer": e.
"configuré" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "configurer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- configurer ← cconfigurer · cnofigurer · cofnigurer · conffigurer · confgiurer · configgurer · configruer · configuerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "configuré" and "configurer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "configuré" vs "configurer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "configuré" / "configurer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "configuré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "configurer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "configuré" and "configurer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "configuré vs confitures". 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 #33,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.