Which to use
“examine” and “examinées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,592
- “examine” frequency rank
- #31,484
- “examinées” frequency rank
- 45076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | examine | examinées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de examiner. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de examiner. |
Where the eye mixes examine and examinées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. examine runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against examinées's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses examine with examinées
A purely visual mix-up. examine (\ɛɡ.za.min\) and examinées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45076, 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\. examinées is at rank #31,484, 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 45076, this pair ranks #205,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of examine vs examinées
Shared letters: aeimnx. Private to "examine": -. Private to "examinées": sé.
"examine" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "examinées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- examine ← eaxmine · exaimne · examien · examinne · exammine · examnie · exmaine · exxamine
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "examine" and "examinées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "examine" vs "examinées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "examine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "examinées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "examine" and "examinées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "examinées 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 #205,602 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.