groupéesvsgroupsTell them apart

Quick tell: groupées is a adjective, groups is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“groupées” is an adjective and “groups” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,110
“groupées” frequency rank
#42,369
“groups” frequency rank
76479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature groupées groups
Definition Féminin pluriel de groupé. Pluriel de group.

Where the eye mixes groupées and groups

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
groupées
6 ch
groups

Visual trap between groupées and groups

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: groupées is \ɡʁu.pe\ while groups is \ɡʁup\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76479, 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\. groups is at rank #42,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁup\.

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 76479, this pair ranks #31,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of groupées vs groups

Shared letters: goprsu. Private to "groupées": . Private to "groups": -.

"groupées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC  ·  "groups" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • groupsggroups · gorups · gropus · groupps · groupss · grousp · grroups · gruops

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "groupées" and "groups" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "groupées" is an adjective and "groups" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "groupées" vs "groups" - which ranks higher?
"groupées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,110 in our French list, against #42,369 for "groups". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "groupées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "groups" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "groupées" and "groups" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "groupée vs groups". 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 #31,032 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