dénoncée vs dénoncées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“dénoncée” and “dénoncées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,628
“dénoncée” frequency rank: #42,305
“dénoncées” frequency rank: 67933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dénoncée	dénoncées
Definition	Participe passé féminin singulier de dénoncer.	Participe passé féminin pluriel de dénoncer.

Same sound, different letters: dénoncée vs dénoncées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. dénoncée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against dénoncées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch

dénoncée

9 ch

dénoncées

Same sound, different spelling - dénoncée / dénoncées

This is the hard kind. dénoncée and dénoncées are pronounced identically (\de.nɔ̃.se\) 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) - “dénoncée” sits inside “dénoncées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dénoncée is recorded at frequency rank #25,628, classified as averb, pronounced \de.nɔ̃.se\. dénoncées is at rank #42,305, 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 67933, this pair ranks #61,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dénoncée vs dénoncées

Shared letters: cdenoé. Private to "dénoncée": -. Private to "dénoncées": s.

"dénoncée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "dénoncées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dénoncée" for "dénoncées" ever safe?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.nɔ̃.se\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "dénoncée" vs "dénoncées" - which ranks higher?

"dénoncée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,628 in our French list, against #42,305 for "dénoncées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "dénoncée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "dénoncées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #61,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"dénoncée" and "dénoncées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "défoncés vs dénoncées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #61,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.