Which to use
“critiquée” and “critiquées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,399
- “critiquée” frequency rank
- #41,724
- “critiquées” frequency rank
- 59123
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | critiquée | critiquées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de critiquer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de critiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: critiquée vs critiquées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. critiquée runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVV) against critiquées's 10 (CCVCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - critiquée / critiquées
This is the hard kind. critiquée and critiquées are pronounced identically (\kʁi.ti.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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “critiquée” sits inside “critiquées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
critiquée is recorded at frequency rank #17,399, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁi.ti.ke\. critiquées is at rank #41,724, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁi.ti.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 59123, this pair ranks #104,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of critiquée vs critiquées
Shared letters: ceiqrtué. Private to "critiquée": -. Private to "critiquées": s.
"critiquée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVV · "critiquées" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "critiquée" for "critiquées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "critiquée" or "critiquées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "critiquée" / "critiquées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "critiquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "critiquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "critiquée" and "critiquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "critiquées vs critiqués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #104,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.