fréquences vs fréquentées, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fréquences” is a noun and “fréquentées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,165
“fréquences” frequency rank: #30,170
“fréquentées” frequency rank: 40335
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fréquences	fréquentées
Definition	Pluriel de fréquence.	Féminin pluriel de fréquenté.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set fréquences and fréquentées apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

10 ch

fréquences

11 ch

fréquentées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fréquences is \fʁe.kɑ̃s\ while fréquentées is \fʁe.kɑ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fréquences is recorded at frequency rank #10,165, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁe.kɑ̃s\. fréquentées is at rank #30,170, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁe.kɑ̃.te\.

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 40335, this pair ranks #241,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fréquences vs fréquentées

Shared letters: efnqrsué. Private to "fréquences": c. Private to "fréquentées": t.

"fréquences" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC · "fréquentées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVC

Frequency comparison

fréquences#10,165

fréquentées#30,170

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fréquences" and "fréquentées" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fréquences" is a noun and "fréquentées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "fréquences" or "fréquentées"?

"fréquences" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,165 in our French list, against #30,170 for "fréquentées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering fréquences vs fréquentées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “fréquences”; for an adjective, it's “fréquentées”.
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