Which to use
“identifié” is an adjective and “identifiées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,571
- “identifié” frequency rank
- #17,449
- “identifiées” frequency rank
- 23020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | identifié | identifiées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dont l’identité est connue. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de identifier. |
Same sound, different letters: identifié vs identifiées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. identifié runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVV) against identifiées's 11 (VCVCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: identifié vs identifiées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: identifié and identifiées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “identifié” sits inside “identifiées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
identifié is recorded at frequency rank #5,571, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\. identifiées is at rank #17,449, tagged as averb, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\.
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 23020, this pair ranks #354,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of identifié vs identifiées
Shared letters: definté. Private to "identifié": -. Private to "identifiées": s.
"identifié" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVV · "identifiées" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "identifié" and "identifiées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "identifié" vs "identifiées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"identifié" and "identifiées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "identifié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "identifiées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "identifié" and "identifiées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "identifiées vs identifiez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #354,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.