Which to use
“maquillé” is an adjective and “maquillée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,485
- “maquillé” frequency rank
- #36,041
- “maquillée” frequency rank
- 72526
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maquillé | maquillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui porte un maquillage. | Participe passé féminin singulier de maquiller. |
Same sound, different letters: maquillé vs maquillée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. maquillé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against maquillée's 9 (CVCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: maquillé vs maquillée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: maquillé and maquillée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ma.ki.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “maquillé” sits inside “maquillée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maquillé is recorded at frequency rank #36,485, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ki.je\. maquillée is at rank #36,041, tagged as averb, pronounced \ma.ki.je\.
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 72526, this pair ranks #43,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maquillé vs maquillée
Shared letters: ailmqué. Private to "maquillé": -. Private to "maquillée": e.
"maquillé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "maquillée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maquillé" and "maquillée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "maquillé" or "maquillée"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "maquillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maquillée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maquillé" and "maquillée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maquillée vs maquilleuse". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #43,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.