Which to use
“contaminée” and “contaminées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,499
- “contaminée” frequency rank
- #40,690
- “contaminées” frequency rank
- 69189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contaminée | contaminées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de contaminer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de contaminer. |
Same sound, different letters: contaminée vs contaminées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. contaminée runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against contaminées's 11 (CVCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - contaminée and contaminées
This is the hard kind. contaminée and contaminées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.ta.mi.ne\) and both work as averb. 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) - “contaminée” sits inside “contaminées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contaminée is recorded at frequency rank #28,499, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ta.mi.ne\. contaminées is at rank #40,690, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ta.mi.ne\.
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 69189, this pair ranks #56,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contaminée vs contaminées
Shared letters: aceimnoté. Private to "contaminée": -. Private to "contaminées": s.
"contaminée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "contaminées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contaminée" and "contaminées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "contaminée" vs "contaminées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "contaminée" / "contaminées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "contaminée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contaminées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contaminée" and "contaminées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contamine vs contaminées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #56,123 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.