Which to use
“examinée” and “examinent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,262
- “examinée” frequency rank
- #38,285
- “examinent” frequency rank
- 60547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | examinée | examinent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de examiner. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de examiner. |
Where the eye mixes examinée and examinent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. examinée runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against examinent's 9 (VCVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between examinée and examinent
A purely visual mix-up. examinée (\ɛɡ.za.mi.ne\) and examinent (\ɛɡ.za.min\) 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 60547, 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\. examinent is at rank #38,285, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.min\.
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 60547, this pair ranks #97,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of examinée vs examinent
Shared letters: aeimnx. Private to "examinée": é. Private to "examinent": t.
"examinée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "examinent" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- examinent ← eaxminent · exaimnent · examiennt · examinennt · examinentt · examinetn · examinnent · examinnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "examinée" and "examinent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "examinée" or "examinent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "examinée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "examinent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "examinée" and "examinent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "examinent 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 #97,061 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.