Which to use
“examinée” and “examinez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,262
- “examinée” frequency rank
- #48,509
- “examinez” frequency rank
- 70771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | examinée | examinez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de examiner. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de examiner. |
Same sound, different letters: examinée vs examinez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. examinée (VCVCVCVV) and examinez (VCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - examinée / examinez
This is the hard kind. examinée and examinez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70771, 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\. examinez is at rank #48,509, 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 70771, this pair ranks #50,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of examinée vs examinez
Shared letters: aeimnx. Private to "examinée": é. Private to "examinez": z.
"examinée" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "examinez" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- examinez ← eaxminez · exaimnez · examienz · examinezz · examinnez · examinze · examminez · examniez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "examinée" and "examinez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "examinée" or "examinez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "examinée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "examinez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "examinée" and "examinez" 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 #50,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.