Which to use
“essaya” and “essayée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,804
- “essaya” frequency rank
- #39,789
- “essayée” frequency rank
- 67593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | essaya | essayée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de essayer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de essayer. |
Where the eye mixes essaya and essayée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses essaya with essayée
A purely visual mix-up. essaya (\e.sɛ.ja\) and essayée (\e.sɛ.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
essaya is recorded at frequency rank #27,804, classified as averb, pronounced \e.sɛ.ja\. essayée is at rank #39,789, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.sɛ.je\.
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 67593, this pair ranks #62,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of essaya vs essayée
Shared letters: aesy. Private to "essaya": -. Private to "essayée": é.
"essaya" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "essayée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- essaya ← esasya · esaya · essaay · essayya · essyaa · sesaya
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "essaya" and "essayée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "essaya" or "essayée"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "essaya" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "essayée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "essaya" and "essayée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "essay vs essayée". 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 #62,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.