Which to use
“espacées” is an adjective and “espaces” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,321
- “espacées” frequency rank
- #3,253
- “espaces” frequency rank
- 40574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | espacées | espaces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de espacé. | Pluriel de espace. |
Where the eye mixes espacées and espaces
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. espacées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against espaces's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: espacées vs espaces
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: espacées is \ɛs.pa.se\ while espaces is \ɛs.pas\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
espacées is recorded at frequency rank #37,321, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛs.pa.se\. espaces is at rank #3,253, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛs.pas\.
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 40574, this pair ranks #239,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of espacées vs espaces
Shared letters: aceps. Private to "espacées": é. Private to "espaces": -.
"espacées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "espaces" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- espaces ← epsaces · esapces · espacces · espacess · espacse · espaecs · espcaes · esppaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "espacées" for "espaces" ever safe?
Which is more common, "espacées" or "espaces"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "espacées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "espaces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "espacées" and "espaces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effacées vs espacées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #239,496 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.