Which to use
“formulée” and “formulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,957
- “formulée” frequency rank
- #41,294
- “formulés” frequency rank
- 59251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | formulée | formulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de formulé. | Masculin pluriel de formulé. |
Same sound, different letters: formulée vs formulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. formulée (CVCCVCVV) and formulés (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - formulée / formulés
This is the hard kind. formulée and formulés 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 a single letter - e in “formulée” becomes s in “formulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59251, 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\. formulés is at rank #41,294, 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 59251, this pair ranks #104,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of formulée vs formulés
Shared letters: flmorué. Private to "formulée": e. Private to "formulés": s.
"formulée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "formulés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "formulée" for "formulés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "formulée" or "formulés"?
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 "formulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "formulée" and "formulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "formels vs formulés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #104,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.