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“équipée” and “équipées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,772
“équipée” frequency rank
#15,784
“équipées” frequency rank
25556
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature équipée équipées
Definition Action de partir avec équipage. Pluriel de équipée.

Same sound, different letters: équipée vs équipées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
équipée
8 ch
équipées

Homophone desk: équipée vs équipées

This is the hard kind. équipée and équipées are pronounced identically (\e.ki.pe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “équipée” sits inside “équipées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

équipée is recorded at frequency rank #9,772, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ki.pe\. équipées is at rank #15,784, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.ki.pe\.

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 25556, this pair ranks #340,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of équipée vs équipées

Shared letters: eipqué. Private to "équipée": -. Private to "équipées": s.

"équipée" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVV  ·  "équipées" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "équipée" and "équipées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.ki.pe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "équipée" or "équipées"?
"équipée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,772 in our French list, against #15,784 for "équipées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"équipée" and "équipées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "équipée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "équipées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #340,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "équipée" and "équipées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "équipées vs équipent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #340,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list