Which to use
“éduquée” and “éduqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,364
- “éduquée” frequency rank
- #28,802
- “éduqués” frequency rank
- 63166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éduquée | éduqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de éduqué. | Masculin pluriel de éduqué. |
Same sound, different letters: éduquée vs éduqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. éduquée (VCVCVVV) and éduqués (VCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - éduquée and éduqués
This is the hard kind. éduquée and éduqués are pronounced identically (\e.dy.ke\) 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 “éduquée” becomes s in “éduqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
éduquée is recorded at frequency rank #34,364, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.dy.ke\. éduqués is at rank #28,802, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.dy.ke\.
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 63166, this pair ranks #83,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of éduquée vs éduqués
Shared letters: dqué. Private to "éduquée": e. Private to "éduqués": s.
"éduquée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV · "éduqués" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "éduquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éduqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éduquée" and "éduqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éduqués vs eunuques". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #83,422 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.