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Which to use

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

#14,953
“identifiée” frequency rank
#10,889
“identifiés” frequency rank
25842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature identifiée identifiés
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de identifier. Participe passé masculin pluriel de identifier.

Same sound, different letters: identifiée vs identifiés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. identifiée (VCVCCVCVVV) and identifiés (VCVCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
identifiée
10 ch
identifiés

Ear matches; page differs - identifiée and identifiés

This is the hard kind. identifiée and identifiés 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 a single letter - e in “identifiée” becomes s in “identifiés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25842, 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\. identifiés is at rank #10,889, 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 25842, this pair ranks #338,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of identifiée vs identifiés

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

"identifiée" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVV  ·  "identifiés" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "identifiée" and "identifiés" 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 "identifiés" - which ranks higher?
"identifiés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,889 in our French list, against #14,953 for "identifiée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "identifiée" / "identifiés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "identifiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "identifiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #338,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "identifiée" and "identifiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "identifiée vs identifiez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #338,559 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