Which to use
“groupée” and “groupées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,690
- “groupée” frequency rank
- #34,110
- “groupées” frequency rank
- 83800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | groupée | groupées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de groupé. | Féminin pluriel de groupé. |
Same sound, different letters: groupée vs groupées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. groupée runs 7 letters (CCVVCVV) against groupées's 8 (CCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - groupée / groupées
This is the hard kind. groupée and groupées are pronounced identically (\ɡʁu.pe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “groupée” sits inside “groupées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83800, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
groupée is recorded at frequency rank #49,690, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁu.pe\. groupées is at rank #34,110, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁu.pe\.
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 83800, this pair ranks #14,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of groupée vs groupées
Shared letters: egoprué. Private to "groupée": -. Private to "groupées": s.
"groupée" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV · "groupées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "groupée" and "groupées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "groupée" vs "groupées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "groupée" / "groupées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "groupée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "groupées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "groupée" and "groupées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "groupée vs grouper". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #14,146 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.