formulervsformulésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: formuler is a verb, formulés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“formuler” is a verb and “formulés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,786
“formuler” frequency rank
#41,294
“formulés” frequency rank
54080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature formuler formulés
Definition Mettre en formule. Masculin pluriel de formulé.

Same sound, different letters: formuler vs formulés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

8 ch
formuler
8 ch
formulés

Same sound, different spelling - formuler / formulés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: formuler and formulés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fɔʁ.my.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 54080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

formuler is recorded at frequency rank #12,786, classified as averb, 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 54080, this pair ranks #136,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of formuler vs formulés

Shared letters: flmoru. Private to "formuler": e. Private to "formulés": .

"formuler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "formulés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • formulerfformuler · fomruler · formluer · formmuler · formuelr · formulerr · formuller · formulre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "formuler" and "formulés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "formuler" is a verb and "formulés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "formuler" or "formulés" show up more?
"formuler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,786 in our French list, against #41,294 for "formulés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"formuler" and "formulés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "formuler" 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 #136,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "formuler" and "formulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "formels vs formulés". 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 #136,442 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list