Which to use
“figées” and “figés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,530
- “figées” frequency rank
- #42,338
- “figés” frequency rank
- 90868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | figées | figés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de figé. | Masculin pluriel de figé. |
Same sound, different letters: figées vs figés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. figées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against figés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - figées and figés
This is the hard kind. figées and figés are pronounced identically (\fi.ʒe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
figées is recorded at frequency rank #48,530, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.ʒe\. figés is at rank #42,338, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fi.ʒe\.
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 90868, this pair ranks #4,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of figées vs figés
Shared letters: fgisé. Private to "figées": e. Private to "figés": -.
"figées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "figés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "figées" and "figés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "figées" vs "figés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"figées" and "figés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "figées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "figés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "figées" and "figés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fioles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #4,381 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.