Which to use
“dépassée” and “dépassées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,606
- “dépassée” frequency rank
- #30,580
- “dépassées” frequency rank
- 47186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépassée | dépassées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dépassé. | Féminin pluriel de dépassé. |
Same sound, different letters: dépassée vs dépassées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. dépassée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against dépassées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: dépassée vs dépassées
This is the hard kind. dépassée and dépassées are pronounced identically (\de.pa.se\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “dépassée” sits inside “dépassées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépassée is recorded at frequency rank #16,606, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pa.se\. dépassées is at rank #30,580, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.pa.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 47186, this pair ranks #188,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dépassée vs dépassées
Shared letters: adepsé. Private to "dépassée": -. Private to "dépassées": -.
"dépassée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "dépassées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dépassée" and "dépassées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dépassée" or "dépassées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépassée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dépassées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépassée" and "dépassées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délaissées vs dépassées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #188,885 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.