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Which to use

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

#7,850
“jugée” frequency rank
#14,297
“jugées” frequency rank
22147
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jugée jugées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de juger. Participe passé féminin pluriel de juger.

Same sound, different letters: jugée vs jugées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. jugée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against jugées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
jugée
6 ch
jugées

Ear matches; page differs - jugée and jugées

This is the hard kind. jugée and jugées are pronounced identically (\ʒy.ʒe\) 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) - “jugée” sits inside “jugées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jugée is recorded at frequency rank #7,850, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒy.ʒe\. jugées is at rank #14,297, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒy.ʒe\.

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 22147, this pair ranks #359,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jugée vs jugées

Shared letters: egjué. Private to "jugée": -. Private to "jugées": s.

"jugée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "jugées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jugée" and "jugées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʒy.ʒe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "jugée" vs "jugées" - which ranks higher?
"jugée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,850 in our French list, against #14,297 for "jugées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jugée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jugées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #359,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jugée" and "jugées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jugée vs jumelé". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #359,603 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