Which to use
“controversée” and “controversées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,102
- “controversée” frequency rank
- #33,188
- “controversées” frequency rank
- 50290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | controversée | controversées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de controversé. | Féminin pluriel de controversé. |
Same sound, different letters: controversée vs controversées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. controversée runs 12 letters (CVCCCVCVCCVV) against controversées's 13 (CVCCCVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - controversée and controversées
This is the hard kind. controversée and controversées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “controversée” sits inside “controversées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
controversée is recorded at frequency rank #17,102, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se\. controversées is at rank #33,188, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se\.
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 50290, this pair ranks #163,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of controversée vs controversées
Shared letters: cenorstvé. Private to "controversée": -. Private to "controversées": -.
"controversée" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVV · "controversées" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "controversée" and "controversées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "controversée" vs "controversées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"controversée" and "controversées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "controversée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "controversées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "controversée" and "controversées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "controversées vs controversés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #163,831 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.