Which to use
“formulée” and “formulées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,957
- “formulée” frequency rank
- #19,290
- “formulées” frequency rank
- 37247
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | formulée | formulées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de formulé. | Féminin pluriel de formulé. |
Same sound, different letters: formulée vs formulées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. formulée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against formulées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - formulée / formulées
This is the hard kind. formulée and formulées are pronounced identically (\fɔʁ.my.le\) 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 extra letter(s) - “formulée” sits inside “formulées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
formulée is recorded at frequency rank #17,957, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ.my.le\. formulées is at rank #19,290, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ.my.le\.
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 37247, this pair ranks #263,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of formulée vs formulées
Shared letters: eflmorué. Private to "formulée": -. Private to "formulées": s.
"formulée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "formulées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "formulée" and "formulées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "formulée" or "formulées"?
What to do next
"formulée" and "formulées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "formulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formulées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "formulée" and "formulées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "formulée vs fortunée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #263,846 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.