Which to use
“convoquer” and “convoqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,161
- “convoquer” frequency rank
- #20,678
- “convoqués” frequency rank
- 38839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | convoquer | convoqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avertir ou ordonner de se réunir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de convoquer. |
Same sound, different letters: convoquer vs convoqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - convoquer and convoqués
This is the hard kind. convoquer and convoqués are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
convoquer is recorded at frequency rank #18,161, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\. convoqués is at rank #20,678, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.vɔ.ke\.
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 38839, this pair ranks #252,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of convoquer vs convoqués
Shared letters: cnoquv. Private to "convoquer": er. Private to "convoqués": sé.
"convoquer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "convoqués" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- convoquer ← cconvoquer · cnovoquer · connvoquer · conovquer · convoqeur · convoqquer · convoquerr · convoqure
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "convoquer" and "convoqués" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "convoquer" or "convoqués" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "convoquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convoqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "convoquer" and "convoqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convenues vs convoqués". 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 #252,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.