Which to use
“fabriquent” and “fabriqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,718
- “fabriquent” frequency rank
- #10,156
- “fabriqués” frequency rank
- 30874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fabriquent | fabriqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fabriquer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de fabriquer. |
Where the eye mixes fabriquent and fabriqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. fabriquent runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVVCC) against fabriqués's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fabriquent with fabriqués
A purely visual mix-up. fabriquent (\fa.bʁik\) and fabriqués (\fa.bʁi.ke\) 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 30874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fabriquent is recorded at frequency rank #20,718, classified as averb, pronounced \fa.bʁik\. fabriqués is at rank #10,156, tagged as averb, pronounced \fa.bʁi.ke\.
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 30874, this pair ranks #307,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fabriquent vs fabriqués
Shared letters: abfiqru. Private to "fabriquent": ent. Private to "fabriqués": sé.
"fabriquent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC · "fabriqués" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fabriquent ← afbriquent · fabbriquent · fabirquent · fabriqeunt · fabriqquent · fabriquennt · fabriquentt · fabriquetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fabriquent" for "fabriqués" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fabriquent" vs "fabriqués" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fabriquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fabriqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fabriquent" and "fabriqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fabriquait vs fabriquent". 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 #307,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.