Which to use
“finalisé” and “finalisée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,410
- “finalisé” frequency rank
- #46,766
- “finalisée” frequency rank
- 79176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finalisé | finalisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de finaliser. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe finaliser. |
Same sound, different letters: finalisé vs finalisée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. finalisé runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against finalisée's 9 (CVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - finalisé and finalisée
This is the hard kind. finalisé and finalisée are pronounced identically (\fi.na.li.ze\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “finalisé” sits inside “finalisée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finalisé is recorded at frequency rank #32,410, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.na.li.ze\. finalisée is at rank #46,766, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi.na.li.ze\.
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 79176, this pair ranks #23,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of finalisé vs finalisée
Shared letters: afilnsé. Private to "finalisé": -. Private to "finalisée": e.
"finalisé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "finalisée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "finalisé" and "finalisée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "finalisé" or "finalisée"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "finalisé" / "finalisée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "finalisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finalisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finalisé" and "finalisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finalisée vs finalités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #23,934 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.