Which to use
“frustrée” is an adjective and “frustrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,040
- “frustrée” frequency rank
- #45,061
- “frustrer” frequency rank
- 76101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frustrée | frustrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de frustré. | Priver quelqu’un de ce qui lui est dû, de ce qui doit lui revenir, ou à quoi il s’attend. |
Same sound, different letters: frustrée vs frustrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. frustrée (CCVCCCVV) and frustrer (CCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - frustrée / frustrer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: frustrée and frustrer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fʁys.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frustrée is recorded at frequency rank #31,040, classified as anadj, pronounced \fʁys.tʁe\. frustrer is at rank #45,061, tagged as averb, 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 76101, this pair ranks #32,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of frustrée vs frustrer
Shared letters: efrstu. Private to "frustrée": é. Private to "frustrer": -.
"frustrée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV · "frustrer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- frustrer ← ffrustrer · frrustrer · frsutrer · frusrter · frusstrer · frusterr · frustrerr · frustrrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frustrée" and "frustrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "frustrée" vs "frustrer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"frustrée" and "frustrer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "frustrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frustrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frustrée" and "frustrer" 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 #32,098 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.