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.
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?
Frequency check: "identifiée" vs "identifiés" - which ranks higher?
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.