Which to use
“fatiguée” is an adjective and “fatiguer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,693
- “fatiguée” frequency rank
- #19,541
- “fatiguer” frequency rank
- 27234
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fatiguée | fatiguer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fatigué. | Affaiblir par une trop grande dépense de force. |
Same sound, different letters: fatiguée vs fatiguer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. fatiguée (CVCVCVVV) and fatiguer (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - fatiguée and fatiguer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fatiguée and fatiguer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fa.ti.ɡe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fatiguée is recorded at frequency rank #7,693, classified as anadj, pronounced \fa.ti.ɡe\. fatiguer is at rank #19,541, tagged as averb, pronounced \fa.ti.ɡe\.
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 27234, this pair ranks #330,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fatiguée vs fatiguer
Shared letters: aefgitu. Private to "fatiguée": é. Private to "fatiguer": r.
"fatiguée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV · "fatiguer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fatiguer ← aftiguer · faitguer · fatgiuer · fatigeur · fatigguer · fatiguerr · fatigure · fatiuger
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fatiguée" and "fatiguer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fatiguée" vs "fatiguer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fatiguée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fatiguer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fatiguée" and "fatiguer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fatiguent vs fatiguer". 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 #330,269 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.