Which to use
“confisquer” is a verb and “confisqués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,108
- “confisquer” frequency rank
- #30,107
- “confisqués” frequency rank
- 58215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confisquer | confisqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adjuger au fisc pour cause de crime ou de contravention aux lois, aux ordonnances. | Masculin pluriel de confisqué. |
Same sound, different letters: confisquer vs confisqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. confisquer and confisqués follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: confisquer vs confisqués
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: confisquer and confisqués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.fis.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confisquer is recorded at frequency rank #28,108, classified as averb, 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 58215, this pair ranks #110,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of confisquer vs confisqués
Shared letters: cfinoqsu. Private to "confisquer": er. Private to "confisqués": é.
"confisquer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "confisqués" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- confisquer ← cconfisquer · cnofisquer · cofnisquer · conffisquer · confiqsuer · confisqeur · confisqquer · confisquerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confisquer" and "confisqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "confisquer" vs "confisqués" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "confisquer" / "confisqués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "confisquer" 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 #110,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confisquer" and "confisqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confisquées vs confisqués". 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 #110,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.