Which to use
“frustrer” is a verb and “frustrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,061
- “frustrer” frequency rank
- #24,979
- “frustrés” frequency rank
- 70040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frustrer | frustrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Priver quelqu’un de ce qui lui est dû, de ce qui doit lui revenir, ou à quoi il s’attend. | Masculin pluriel de frustré. |
Same sound, different letters: frustrer vs frustrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. frustrer and frustrés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: frustrer vs frustrés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: frustrer and frustrés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fʁys.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 70040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frustrer is recorded at frequency rank #45,061, classified as averb, 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 70040, this pair ranks #52,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of frustrer vs frustrés
Shared letters: frstu. Private to "frustrer": e. Private to "frustrés": é.
"frustrer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC · "frustrés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- frustrer ← ffrustrer · frrustrer · frsutrer · frusrter · frusstrer · frusterr · frustrerr · frustrrer
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"frustrer" and "frustrés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "frustrer" 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 #52,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frustrer" and "frustrés" 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 #52,866 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.