Which to use
“justifie” and “justifiée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,107
- “justifie” frequency rank
- #12,605
- “justifiée” frequency rank
- 18712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | justifie | justifiée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de justifier. | Participe passé féminin singulier de justifier. |
Where the eye mixes justifie and justifiée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. justifie runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against justifiée's 9 (CVCCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between justifie and justifiée
A purely visual mix-up. justifie (\ʒys.ti.fi\) and justifiée (\ʒys.ti.fje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
justifie is recorded at frequency rank #6,107, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒys.ti.fi\. justifiée is at rank #12,605, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒys.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 18712, this pair ranks #376,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of justifie vs justifiée
Shared letters: efijstu. Private to "justifie": -. Private to "justifiée": é.
"justifie" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "justifiée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- justifie ← jjustifie · jsutifie · jusitfie · jusstifie · justfiie · justifei · justiffie · justiife
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "justifie" for "justifiée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "justifie" or "justifiée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "justifie" and "justifiée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "justifie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "justifiée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "justifie" and "justifiée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "justifiée vs justifiez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #376,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.