Which to use
“dénommée” is an adjective and “dénoncée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,846
- “dénommée” frequency rank
- #25,628
- “dénoncée” frequency rank
- 49474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dénommée | dénoncée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dénommé. | Participe passé féminin singulier de dénoncer. |
Where the eye mixes dénommée and dénoncée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dénommée and dénoncée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dénommée vs dénoncée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dénommée is \de.nɔ.me\ while dénoncée is \de.nɔ̃.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dénommée is recorded at frequency rank #23,846, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.nɔ.me\. dénoncée is at rank #25,628, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.nɔ̃.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 49474, this pair ranks #170,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dénommée vs dénoncée
Shared letters: denoé. Private to "dénommée": m. Private to "dénoncée": c.
"dénommée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "dénoncée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dénommée" for "dénoncée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dénommée" vs "dénoncée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dénommée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dénoncée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dénommée" and "dénoncée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégommer vs dénommée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #170,356 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.