Which to use
“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.
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?
Frequency check: "frustrée" vs "frustrés" - which ranks higher?
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.