Which to use
“masquée” and “masqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,345
- “masquée” frequency rank
- #25,040
- “masqués” frequency rank
- 58385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | masquée | masqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de masqué. | Masculin pluriel de masqué. |
Same sound, different letters: masquée vs masqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. masquée (CVCCVVV) and masqués (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - masquée and masqués
This is the hard kind. masquée and masqués are pronounced identically (\mas.ke\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “masquée” becomes s in “masqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
masquée is recorded at frequency rank #33,345, classified as anadj, pronounced \mas.ke\. masqués is at rank #25,040, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mas.ke\.
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 58385, this pair ranks #109,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of masquée vs masqués
Shared letters: amqsué. Private to "masquée": e. Private to "masqués": -.
"masquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "masqués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "masquée" and "masqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "masquée" vs "masqués" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "masquée" / "masqués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "masquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "masqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "masquée" and "masqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "masquée vs moquée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #109,368 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.