Which to use
“justifiée” and “justifiées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,605
- “justifiée” frequency rank
- #23,263
- “justifiées” frequency rank
- 35868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | justifiée | justifiées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de justifier. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de justifier. |
Same sound, different letters: justifiée vs justifiées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. justifiée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVV) against justifiées's 10 (CVCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - justifiée / justifiées
This is the hard kind. justifiée and justifiées are pronounced identically (\ʒys.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 1 extra letter(s) - “justifiée” sits inside “justifiées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
justifiée is recorded at frequency rank #12,605, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒys.ti.fje\. justifiées is at rank #23,263, 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 35868, this pair ranks #273,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of justifiée vs justifiées
Shared letters: efijstué. Private to "justifiée": -. Private to "justifiées": -.
"justifiée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVV · "justifiées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "justifiée" for "justifiées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "justifiée" or "justifiées" show up more?
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 "justifiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "justifiées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "justifiée" and "justifiées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "justifiées vs justifiez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #273,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.