Which to use
“déterminée” and “déterminées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,104
- “déterminée” frequency rank
- #17,123
- “déterminées” frequency rank
- 25227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | déterminée | déterminées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de déterminé. | Féminin pluriel de déterminé. |
Same sound, different letters: déterminée vs déterminées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. déterminée runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVV) against déterminées's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - déterminée and déterminées
This is the hard kind. déterminée and déterminées are pronounced identically (\de.tɛʁ.mi.ne\) 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) - “déterminée” sits inside “déterminées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
déterminée is recorded at frequency rank #8,104, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.tɛʁ.mi.ne\. déterminées is at rank #17,123, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.tɛʁ.mi.ne\.
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 25227, this pair ranks #342,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of déterminée vs déterminées
Shared letters: deimnrté. Private to "déterminée": -. Private to "déterminées": s.
"déterminée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV · "déterminées" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "déterminée" and "déterminées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "déterminée" or "déterminées"?
What to do next
"déterminée" and "déterminées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "déterminée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "déterminées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "déterminée" and "déterminées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déterminées vs déterminera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #342,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.