confisquée vs confisquées

Which to use

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

#48,426
“confisquée” frequency rank: #49,567
“confisquées” frequency rank: 97993
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	confisquée	confisquées
Definition	Féminin singulier de confisqué.	Féminin pluriel de confisqué.

Same sound, different letters: confisquée vs confisquées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. confisquée runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVV) against confisquées's 11 (CVCCVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch

confisquée

11 ch

confisquées

Same sound, different spelling - confisquée / confisquées

This is the hard kind. confisquée and confisquées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.fis.ke\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “confisquée” sits inside “confisquées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confisquée is recorded at frequency rank #48,426, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fis.ke\. confisquées is at rank #49,567, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.fis.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 97993, this pair ranks #210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of confisquée vs confisquées

Shared letters: cefinoqsué. Private to "confisquée": -. Private to "confisquées": -.

"confisquée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVV · "confisquées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "confisquée" and "confisquées" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.fis.ke\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "confisquée" vs "confisquées" - which ranks higher?

"confisquée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,426 in our French list, against #49,567 for "confisquées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"confisquée" and "confisquées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "confisquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "confisquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"confisquée" and "confisquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confisque vs confisquées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #210 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.