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Which to use

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

#4,062
“constitué” frequency rank
#15,597
“constituées” frequency rank
19659
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature constitué constituées
Definition Établi par la constitution ou les lois du pays. Féminin pluriel de constitué.

Letter map: constitué vs constituées

Shared letters muted; letters that set constitué and constituées apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. constitué runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVV) against constituées's 11 (CVCCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
constitué
11 ch
constituées

Corpus notes: constitué and constituées

constitué and constituées are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “constitué” sits inside “constituées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

constitué is recorded at frequency rank #4,062, classified as anadj. constituées is at rank #15,597, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe\.

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 19659, this pair ranks #372,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of constitué vs constituées

Shared letters: cinostué. Private to "constitué": -. Private to "constituées": e.

"constitué" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV  ·  "constituées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "constitué" and "constituées" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “constitué” sits inside “constituées”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "constitué" or "constituées" show up more?
"constitué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,062 in our French list, against #15,597 for "constituées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "constitué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "constituées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #372,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "constitué" and "constituées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constitua vs constitué". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #372,182 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