fréquentéevsfréquentesConfusable pair

Which to use

“fréquentée” and “fréquentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,948
“fréquentée” frequency rank
#9,842
“fréquentes” frequency rank
31790
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fréquentée fréquentes
Definition Féminin singulier de fréquenté. Féminin pluriel de fréquent.

Where the eye mixes fréquentée and fréquentes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. fréquentée (CCVCVVCCVV) and fréquentes (CCVCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
fréquentée
10 ch
fréquentes

Why the eye confuses fréquentée with fréquentes

A purely visual mix-up. fréquentée (\fʁe.kɑ̃.te\) and fréquentes (\fʁe.kɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31790, 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\. fréquentes is at rank #9,842, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁe.kɑ̃t\.

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 31790, this pair ranks #301,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fréquentée vs fréquentes

Shared letters: efnqrtué. Private to "fréquentée": -. Private to "fréquentes": s.

"fréquentée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVV  ·  "fréquentes" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fréquentée" and "fréquentes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\fʁe.kɑ̃.te\ versus \fʁe.kɑ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fréquentée" or "fréquentes"?
"fréquentes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,842 in our French list, against #21,948 for "fréquentée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "fréquentée" and "fréquentes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fréquentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fréquentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #301,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fréquentée" and "fréquentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fréquentée vs fréquentées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #301,535 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