frustréevsfrustrésWhat's the difference?

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

#31,040
“frustrée” frequency rank
#24,979
“frustrés” frequency rank
56019
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frustrée frustrés
Definition Féminin singulier de frustré. Masculin pluriel de frustré.

Same sound, different letters: frustrée vs frustrés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. frustrée (CCVCCCVV) and frustrés (CCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
frustrée
8 ch
frustrés

Same sound, different spelling - frustrée / frustrés

This is the hard kind. frustrée and frustrés are pronounced identically (\fʁys.tʁe\) 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 a single letter - e in “frustrée” becomes s in “frustrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56019, 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\. frustrés is at rank #24,979, 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 56019, this pair ranks #123,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of frustrée vs frustrés

Shared letters: frstué. Private to "frustrée": e. Private to "frustrés": -.

"frustrée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV  ·  "frustrés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "frustrée" and "frustrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\fʁys.tʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "frustrée" vs "frustrés" - which ranks higher?
"frustrés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,979 in our French list, against #31,040 for "frustrée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "frustrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "frustrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "frustrée" and "frustrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frustrée vs frustrer". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #123,736 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