Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "équipée" or "équipées"?
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.