Which to use
“fatiguées” is an adjective and “fatiguer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,760
- “fatiguées” frequency rank
- #19,541
- “fatiguer” frequency rank
- 60301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fatiguées | fatiguer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de fatigué. | Affaiblir par une trop grande dépense de force. |
Same sound, different letters: fatiguées vs fatiguer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. fatiguées runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVVC) against fatiguer's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fatiguées and fatiguer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fatiguées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fatiguées is recorded at frequency rank #40,760, 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 60301, this pair ranks #98,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fatiguées vs fatiguer
Shared letters: aefgitu. Private to "fatiguées": sé. Private to "fatiguer": r.
"fatiguées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC · "fatiguer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fatiguer ← aftiguer · faitguer · fatgiuer · fatigeur · fatigguer · fatiguerr · fatigure · fatiuger
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fatiguées" and "fatiguer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fatiguées" vs "fatiguer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"fatiguées" and "fatiguer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fatiguées" 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 #98,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fatiguées" and "fatiguer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fatiguées vs fatiguent". 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 #98,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.