Which to use
“journée” and “journées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #411
- “journée” frequency rank
- #2,828
- “journées” frequency rank
- 3239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | journée | journées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Période diurne, du lever au coucher du Soleil. | Pluriel de journée. |
Same sound, different letters: journée vs journées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. journée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against journées's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - journée and journées
This is the hard kind. journée and journées are pronounced identically (\ʒuʁ.ne\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “journée” sits inside “journées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
journée is recorded at frequency rank #411, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒuʁ.ne\. journées is at rank #2,828, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒuʁ.ne\.
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 3239, this pair ranks #434,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of journée vs journées
Shared letters: ejnorué. Private to "journée": -. Private to "journées": s.
"journée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "journées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "journée" and "journées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "journée" or "journées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "journée" / "journées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "journée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "journées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "journée" and "journées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "journées vs journey". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #434,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.