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“examinée” and “examinera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,262
“examinée” frequency rank
#40,755
“examinera” frequency rank
63017
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature examinée examinera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de examiner. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de examiner.

Where the eye mixes examinée and examinera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. examinée runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against examinera's 9 (VCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
examinée
9 ch
examinera

Why the eye confuses examinée with examinera

A purely visual mix-up. examinée (\ɛɡ.za.mi.ne\) and examinera (\ɛɡ.za.mi.nə.ʁa\) 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 63017, 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\. examinera is at rank #40,755, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.za.mi.nə.ʁa\.

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 63017, this pair ranks #84,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of examinée vs examinera

Shared letters: aeimnx. Private to "examinée": é. Private to "examinera": r.

"examinée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV  ·  "examinera" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • examinera ← eaxminera · exaimnera · examienra · examinear · examinerra · examinnera · examinrea · examminera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "examinée" and "examinera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.za.mi.ne\ versus \ɛɡ.za.mi.nə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "examinée" or "examinera"?
"examinée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,262 in our French list, against #40,755 for "examinera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "examinée" and "examinera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "examinée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "examinera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "examinée" and "examinera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "examinera 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 #84,090 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list