Which to use
“formée” and “formez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,959
- “formée” frequency rank
- #30,614
- “formez” frequency rank
- 37573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | formée | formez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de former. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de former. |
Same sound, different letters: formée vs formez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. formée (CVCCVV) and formez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - formée / formez
This is the hard kind. formée and formez are pronounced identically (\fɔʁ.me\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
formée is recorded at frequency rank #6,959, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.me\. formez is at rank #30,614, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.me\.
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 37573, this pair ranks #261,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of formée vs formez
Shared letters: efmor. Private to "formée": é. Private to "formez": z.
"formée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "formez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- formez ← fformez · fomrez · foremz · formezz · formmez · formze · forrmez · fromez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "formée" and "formez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "formée" or "formez" show up more?
What to do next
"formée" and "formez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "formée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "formée" and "formez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forman vs formez". 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 #261,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.