Which to use
“fréquentée” and “fréquentées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,948
- “fréquentée” frequency rank
- #30,170
- “fréquentées” frequency rank
- 52118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fréquentée | fréquentées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fréquenté. | Féminin pluriel de fréquenté. |
Same sound, different letters: fréquentée vs fréquentées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. fréquentée runs 10 letters (CCVCVVCCVV) against fréquentées's 11 (CCVCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: fréquentée vs fréquentées
This is the hard kind. fréquentée and fréquentées are pronounced identically (\fʁe.kɑ̃.te\) 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) - “fréquentée” sits inside “fréquentées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fréquentée is recorded at frequency rank #21,948, classified as anadj, pronounced \fʁe.kɑ̃.te\. 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 52118, this pair ranks #150,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fréquentée vs fréquentées
Shared letters: efnqrtué. Private to "fréquentée": -. Private to "fréquentées": s.
"fréquentée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVV · "fréquentées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fréquentée" and "fréquentées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fréquentée" vs "fréquentées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "fréquentée" / "fréquentées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fréquentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fréquentées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fréquentée" and "fréquentées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fréquentées vs fréquentent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #150,042 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.