Which to use
“groupées” is an adjective and “grouper” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,110
- “groupées” frequency rank
- #48,563
- “grouper” frequency rank
- 82673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | groupées | grouper |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de groupé. | Mettre en groupe. |
Same sound, different letters: groupées vs grouper
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. groupées runs 8 letters (CCVVCVVC) against grouper's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - groupées / grouper
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: groupées and grouper carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɡʁu.pe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
groupées is recorded at frequency rank #34,110, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁu.pe\. grouper is at rank #48,563, tagged as averb, 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 82673, this pair ranks #16,256 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of groupées vs grouper
Shared letters: egopru. Private to "groupées": sé. Private to "grouper": -.
"groupées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC · "grouper" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- grouper ← ggrouper · goruper · gropuer · grouepr · grouperr · groupper · groupre · grrouper
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "groupées" and "grouper" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "groupées" or "grouper" show up more?
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 "groupées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grouper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,256 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "groupées" and "grouper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grouper vs Gruber". 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 #16,256 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.