constituavsconstituéWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: constitua is a verb, constitué is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“constitua” is a verb and “constitué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,244
“constitua” frequency rank
#4,062
“constitué” frequency rank
46306
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature constitua constitué
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de constituer. Établi par la constitution ou les lois du pays.

Letter map: constitua vs constitué

Shared letters muted; letters that set constitua and constitué apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.

9 ch
constitua
9 ch
constitué

Grammar separator: constitua vs constitué

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: constitua is averb and constituéanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “constitua” becomes é in “constitué”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

constitua is recorded at frequency rank #42,244, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa\. constitué is at rank #4,062, tagged as anadj.

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 46306, this pair ranks #195,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of constitua vs constitué

Shared letters: cinostu. Private to "constitua": a. Private to "constitué": é.

"constitua" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV  ·  "constitué" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • constituacconstitua · cnostitua · connstitua · consittua · consstitua · constitau · constittua · constiuta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "constitua" for "constitué" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "constitua" is a verb and "constitué" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "constitua" vs "constitué" - which ranks higher?
"constitué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,062 in our French list, against #42,244 for "constitua". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "constitua" and "constitué".

  • Full dictionary entry for "constitua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "constitué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #195,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "constitua" and "constitué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constitua vs constituera". 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 #195,986 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list