fréquentéevsfréquentsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#21,948
“fréquentée” frequency rank
#10,709
“fréquents” frequency rank
32657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fréquentée fréquents
Definition Féminin singulier de fréquenté. Masculin pluriel de fréquent.

Where the eye mixes fréquentée and fréquents

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. fréquentée runs 10 letters (CCVCVVCCVV) against fréquents's 9 (CCVCVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
fréquentée
9 ch
fréquents

Look-alike desk: fréquentée vs fréquents

A purely visual mix-up. fréquentée (\fʁe.kɑ̃.te\) and fréquents (\fʁe.kɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32657, 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\. fréquents is at rank #10,709, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁe.kɑ̃\.

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 32657, this pair ranks #295,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fréquentée vs fréquents

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

"fréquentée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVV  ·  "fréquents" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fréquentée" and "fréquents" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\fʁe.kɑ̃.te\ versus \fʁe.kɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "fréquentée" or "fréquents" show up more?
"fréquents" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,709 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 "fréquents" 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 "fréquents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #295,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fréquentée" and "fréquents" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fréquentée vs fréquentées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #295,833 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