Which to use
“justifiées” and “justifiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,263
- “justifiées” frequency rank
- #31,573
- “justifiés” frequency rank
- 54836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | justifiées | justifiés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de justifier. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de justifier. |
Same sound, different letters: justifiées vs justifiés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. justifiées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVVVC) against justifiés's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: justifiées vs justifiés
This is the hard kind. justifiées and justifiés 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
justifiées is recorded at frequency rank #23,263, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒys.ti.fje\. justifiés is at rank #31,573, 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 54836, this pair ranks #131,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of justifiées vs justifiés
Shared letters: fijstué. Private to "justifiées": e. Private to "justifiés": -.
"justifiées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVVC · "justifiés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "justifiées" for "justifiés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "justifiées" or "justifiés" 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 "justifiées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "justifiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "justifiées" and "justifiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "justices vs justifiés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #131,359 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.