Which to use
“foncée” and “foncées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,943
- “foncée” frequency rank
- #35,951
- “foncées” frequency rank
- 57894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foncée | foncées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gradin dans les carrières d’ardoise. | Pluriel de foncée. |
Same sound, different letters: foncée vs foncées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. foncée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against foncées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - foncée / foncées
This is the hard kind. foncée and foncées are pronounced identically (\fɔ̃.se\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “foncée” sits inside “foncées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foncée is recorded at frequency rank #21,943, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃.se\. foncées is at rank #35,951, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃.se\.
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 57894, this pair ranks #112,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foncée vs foncées
Shared letters: cefnoé. Private to "foncée": -. Private to "foncées": s.
"foncée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "foncées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "foncée" and "foncées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "foncée" or "foncées" show up more?
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 "foncée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foncées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foncée" and "foncées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foncées vs foulées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #112,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.