Which to use
“formulée” is an adjective and “formuler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,957
- “formulée” frequency rank
- #12,786
- “formuler” frequency rank
- 30743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | formulée | formuler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de formulé. | Mettre en formule. |
Same sound, different letters: formulée vs formuler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: formulée vs formuler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: formulée and formuler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fɔʁ.my.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30743, 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\. formuler is at rank #12,786, tagged as averb, 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 30743, this pair ranks #308,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of formulée vs formuler
Shared letters: eflmoru. Private to "formulée": é. Private to "formuler": -.
"formulée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "formuler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- formuler ← fformuler · fomruler · formluer · formmuler · formuelr · formulerr · formuller · formulre
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "formulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formuler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "formulée" and "formuler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "formulée vs fortunée". 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 #308,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.