Which to use
“divorcée” and “divorcés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,408
- “divorcée” frequency rank
- #24,938
- “divorcés” frequency rank
- 52346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divorcée | divorcés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui a divorcé. | Pluriel de divorcé. |
Same sound, different letters: divorcée vs divorcés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. divorcée (CVCVCCVV) and divorcés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: divorcée vs divorcés
This is the hard kind. divorcée and divorcés are pronounced identically (\di.vɔʁ.se\) and both work as anoun. 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 “divorcée” becomes s in “divorcés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divorcée is recorded at frequency rank #27,408, classified as anoun, pronounced \di.vɔʁ.se\. divorcés is at rank #24,938, tagged as anoun, pronounced \di.vɔʁ.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 52346, this pair ranks #148,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of divorcée vs divorcés
Shared letters: cdiorvé. Private to "divorcée": e. Private to "divorcés": s.
"divorcée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "divorcés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "divorcée" and "divorcés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "divorcée" or "divorcés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "divorcée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divorcés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divorcée" and "divorcés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divorcée vs divorcent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #148,374 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.