Which to use
“échouée” and “échoués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,277
- “échouée” frequency rank
- #47,113
- “échoués” frequency rank
- 95390
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | échouée | échoués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de échouer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de échouer. |
Same sound, different letters: échouée vs échoués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. échouée (VCCVVVV) and échoués (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: échouée vs échoués
This is the hard kind. échouée and échoués are pronounced identically (\e.ʃwe\) 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 a single letter - e in “échouée” becomes s in “échoués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
échouée is recorded at frequency rank #48,277, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ʃwe\. échoués is at rank #47,113, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.ʃwe\.
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 95390, this pair ranks #1,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of échouée vs échoués
Shared letters: choué. Private to "échouée": e. Private to "échoués": s.
"échouée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "échoués" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "échouée" and "échoués" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "échouée" or "échoués" 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 "échouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "échoués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "échouée" and "échoués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "échoppe vs échouée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.