Which to use
“formées” and “formons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,633
- “formées” frequency rank
- #34,099
- “formons” frequency rank
- 49732
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | formées | formons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de former. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de former. |
Where the eye mixes formées and formons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: formées vs formons
A purely visual mix-up. formées (\fɔʁ.me\) and formons (\fɔʁ.mɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
formées is recorded at frequency rank #15,633, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.me\. formons is at rank #34,099, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.mɔ̃\.
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 49732, this pair ranks #168,257 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of formées vs formons
Shared letters: fmors. Private to "formées": eé. Private to "formons": n.
"formées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "formons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- formons ← fformons · fomrons · formmons · formnos · formonns · formonss · formosn · foromns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "formées" and "formons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "formées" vs "formons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "formées" and "formons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "formées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,257 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "formées" and "formons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forman vs formons". 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 #168,257 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.