Which to use
“fortifiée” and “fortifiées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,655
- “fortifiée” frequency rank
- #49,092
- “fortifiées” frequency rank
- 74747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fortifiée | fortifiées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fortifié. | Féminin pluriel de fortifié. |
Same sound, different letters: fortifiée vs fortifiées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. fortifiée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVV) against fortifiées's 10 (CVCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fortifiée and fortifiées
This is the hard kind. fortifiée and fortifiées are pronounced identically (\fɔʁ.ti.fje\) 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) - “fortifiée” sits inside “fortifiées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fortifiée is recorded at frequency rank #25,655, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ.ti.fje\. fortifiées is at rank #49,092, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ.ti.fje\.
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 74747, this pair ranks #36,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fortifiée vs fortifiées
Shared letters: efiorté. Private to "fortifiée": -. Private to "fortifiées": s.
"fortifiée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVV · "fortifiées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fortifiée" for "fortifiées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fortifiée" or "fortifiées" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fortifiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fortifiées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fortifiée" and "fortifiées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortifie vs fortifiées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #36,144 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.