Which to use
“confisquée” and “confisqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,426
- “confisquée” frequency rank
- #30,107
- “confisqués” frequency rank
- 78533
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confisquée | confisqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de confisqué. | Masculin pluriel de confisqué. |
Same sound, different letters: confisquée vs confisqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. confisquée (CVCCVCCVVV) and confisqués (CVCCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - confisquée / confisqués
This is the hard kind. confisquée and confisqués 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 a single letter - e in “confisquée” becomes s in “confisqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78533, 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\. confisqués is at rank #30,107, 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 78533, this pair ranks #25,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of confisquée vs confisqués
Shared letters: cfinoqsué. Private to "confisquée": e. Private to "confisqués": -.
"confisquée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVV · "confisqués" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "confisquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confisqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confisquée" and "confisqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confisquée vs confisquées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,489 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.