Which to use
“examinée” and “examinées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,262
- “examinée” frequency rank
- #31,484
- “examinées” frequency rank
- 53746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | examinée | examinées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de examiner. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de examiner. |
Same sound, different letters: examinée vs examinées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. examinée runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against examinées's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: examinée vs examinées
This is the hard kind. examinée and examinées are pronounced identically (\ɛɡ.za.mi.ne\) and both work as averb. 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) - “examinée” sits inside “examinées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
examinée is recorded at frequency rank #22,262, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.mi.ne\. 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 53746, this pair ranks #138,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of examinée vs examinées
Shared letters: aeimnxé. Private to "examinée": -. Private to "examinées": s.
"examinée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "examinées" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "examinée" and "examinées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "examinée" or "examinées"?
Useful next steps
"examinée" and "examinées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "examinée" 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 #138,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "examinée" and "examinées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "examinées vs examinez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #138,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.