Which to use
“impliquées” and “impliqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,908
- “impliquées” frequency rank
- #8,724
- “impliqués” frequency rank
- 25632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impliquées | impliqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de impliquer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de impliquer. |
Same sound, different letters: impliquées vs impliqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. impliquées runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVVVC) against impliqués's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - impliquées and impliqués
This is the hard kind. impliquées and impliqués are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.pli.ke\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impliquées is recorded at frequency rank #16,908, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pli.ke\. impliqués is at rank #8,724, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pli.ke\.
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 25632, this pair ranks #339,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of impliquées vs impliqués
Shared letters: ilmpqsué. Private to "impliquées": e. Private to "impliqués": -.
"impliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "impliqués" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "impliquées" and "impliqués" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "impliquées" or "impliqués"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "impliquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impliqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impliquées" and "impliqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impliqués vs italiques". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #339,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.