Which to use
“diminuée” and “diminués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,280
- “diminuée” frequency rank
- #47,830
- “diminués” frequency rank
- 73110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diminuée | diminués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de diminué. | Masculin pluriel de diminué. |
Same sound, different letters: diminuée vs diminués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. diminuée (CVCVCVVV) and diminués (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - diminuée and diminués
This is the hard kind. diminuée and diminués are pronounced identically (\di.mi.nɥe\) 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 a single letter - e in “diminuée” becomes s in “diminués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diminuée is recorded at frequency rank #25,280, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.mi.nɥe\. diminués is at rank #47,830, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.mi.nɥe\.
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 73110, this pair ranks #41,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of diminuée vs diminués
Shared letters: dimnué. Private to "diminuée": e. Private to "diminués": s.
"diminuée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV · "diminués" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "diminuée" and "diminués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "diminuée" or "diminués"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "diminuée" / "diminués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "diminuée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diminués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diminuée" and "diminués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diminués vs dominus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #41,586 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.