Which to use
“frustre” and “frustrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,469
- “frustre” frequency rank
- #31,040
- “frustrée” frequency rank
- 75509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frustre | frustrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de fruste. | Féminin singulier de frustré. |
Where the eye mixes frustre and frustrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. frustre runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against frustrée's 8 (CCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: frustre vs frustrée
A purely visual mix-up. frustre (\fʁystʁ\) and frustrée (\fʁys.tʁe\) 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 75509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frustre is recorded at frequency rank #44,469, classified as anadj, pronounced \fʁystʁ\. frustrée is at rank #31,040, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁys.tʁe\.
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 75509, this pair ranks #33,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of frustre vs frustrée
Shared letters: efrstu. Private to "frustre": -. Private to "frustrée": é.
"frustre" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "frustrée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- frustre ← ffrustre · frrustre · frsutre · frusrte · frusstre · fruster · frustrre · frusttre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "frustre" and "frustrée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "frustre" vs "frustrée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "frustre" and "frustrée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frustre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frustrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frustre" and "frustrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frustre vs frustrer". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #33,843 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.