Which to use
“examine” and “examinée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,592
- “examine” frequency rank
- #22,262
- “examinée” frequency rank
- 35854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | examine | examinée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de examiner. | Participe passé féminin singulier de examiner. |
Where the eye mixes examine and examinée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. examine runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against examinée's 8 (VCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses examine with examinée
A purely visual mix-up. examine (\ɛɡ.za.min\) and examinée (\ɛɡ.za.mi.ne\) 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 35854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
examine is recorded at frequency rank #13,592, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.min\. examinée is at rank #22,262, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.mi.ne\.
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 35854, this pair ranks #273,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of examine vs examinée
Shared letters: aeimnx. Private to "examine": -. Private to "examinée": é.
"examine" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "examinée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- examine ← eaxmine · exaimne · examien · examinne · exammine · examnie · exmaine · exxamine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "examine" for "examinée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "examine" vs "examinée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "examine" and "examinée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "examine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "examinée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "examine" and "examinée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "examinée vs examinez". 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 #273,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.