Which to use
“contaminées” and “contaminer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,690
- “contaminées” frequency rank
- #27,750
- “contaminer” frequency rank
- 68440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contaminées | contaminer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de contaminer. | Souiller par le contact d’un objet impur ou malpropre. |
Same sound, different letters: contaminées vs contaminer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. contaminées runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against contaminer's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - contaminées and contaminer
This is the hard kind. contaminées and contaminer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contaminées is recorded at frequency rank #40,690, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ta.mi.ne\. contaminer is at rank #27,750, 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 68440, this pair ranks #59,187 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contaminées vs contaminer
Shared letters: aceimnot. Private to "contaminées": sé. Private to "contaminer": r.
"contaminées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "contaminer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contaminer ← ccontaminer · cnotaminer · conatminer · conntaminer · contaimner · contamienr · contaminerr · contaminner
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contaminées" and "contaminer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "contaminées" or "contaminer" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "contaminées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contaminer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,187 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contaminées" and "contaminer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contamine vs contaminées". 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 #59,187 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.