identifiée vs identifiées

Which to use

“identifiée” and “identifiées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,953
“identifiée” frequency rank: #17,449
“identifiées” frequency rank: 32402
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	identifiée	identifiées
Definition	Participe passé féminin singulier de identifier.	Participe passé féminin pluriel de identifier.

Same sound, different letters: identifiée vs identifiées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. identifiée runs 10 letters (VCVCCVCVVV) against identifiées's 11 (VCVCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch

identifiée

11 ch

identifiées

Ear matches; page differs - identifiée and identifiées

This is the hard kind. identifiée and identifiées are pronounced identically (\i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\) and both work as averb. 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) - “identifiée” sits inside “identifiées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

identifiée is recorded at frequency rank #14,953, classified as averb, 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 32402, this pair ranks #297,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of identifiée vs identifiées

Shared letters: definté. Private to "identifiée": -. Private to "identifiées": s.

"identifiée" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVV · "identifiées" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "identifiée" and "identifiées" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\i.dɑ̃.ti.fje\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "identifiée" vs "identifiées" - which ranks higher?

"identifiée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,953 in our French list, against #17,449 for "identifiées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"identifiée" and "identifiées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "identifiée" 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 #297,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"identifiée" and "identifiées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "identifiées vs identifiez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #297,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.