Which to use
“critiquée” and “critiqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,399
- “critiquée” frequency rank
- #33,200
- “critiqués” frequency rank
- 50599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | critiquée | critiqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de critiquer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de critiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: critiquée vs critiqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. critiquée (CCVCVCVVV) and critiqués (CCVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: critiquée vs critiqués
This is the hard kind. critiquée and critiqués 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 a single letter - e in “critiquée” becomes s in “critiqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50599, 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\. critiqués is at rank #33,200, 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 50599, this pair ranks #161,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of critiquée vs critiqués
Shared letters: ciqrtué. Private to "critiquée": e. Private to "critiqués": s.
"critiquée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVV · "critiqués" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "critiquée" and "critiqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "critiquée" or "critiqués"?
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 "critiquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "critiqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,394 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "critiquée" and "critiqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "critiquées vs critiqués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #161,394 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.