Which to use
“frappée” and “frappées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,707
- “frappée” frequency rank
- #26,733
- “frappées” frequency rank
- 37440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frappée | frappées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de frappé. | Féminin pluriel de frappé. |
Same sound, different letters: frappée vs frappées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. frappée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against frappées's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - frappée and frappées
This is the hard kind. frappée and frappées are pronounced identically (\fʁa.pe\) 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) - “frappée” sits inside “frappées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frappée is recorded at frequency rank #10,707, classified as anadj, pronounced \fʁa.pe\. frappées is at rank #26,733, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁa.pe\.
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 37440, this pair ranks #262,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frappée vs frappées
Shared letters: aefpré. Private to "frappée": -. Private to "frappées": s.
"frappée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "frappées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frappée" and "frappées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "frappée" or "frappées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "frappée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frappées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frappée" and "frappées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frappées vs frappeurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #262,509 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.