Which to use
“mentionnée” and “mentionnez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,812
- “mentionnée” frequency rank
- #47,456
- “mentionnez” frequency rank
- 60268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mentionnée | mentionnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de mentionner. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mentionner. |
Same sound, different letters: mentionnée vs mentionnez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. mentionnée (CVCCVVCCVV) and mentionnez (CVCCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: mentionnée vs mentionnez
This is the hard kind. mentionnée and mentionnez are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mentionnée is recorded at frequency rank #12,812, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. mentionnez is at rank #47,456, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\.
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 60268, this pair ranks #98,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mentionnée vs mentionnez
Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mentionnée": é. Private to "mentionnez": z.
"mentionnée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVV · "mentionnez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mentionnez ← emntionnez · menitonnez · menntionnez · mentinonez · mentionenz · mentionez · mentionnezz · mentionnze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mentionnée" for "mentionnez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mentionnée" or "mentionnez"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "mentionnée" / "mentionnez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mentionnée" and "mentionnez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentionnent vs mentionnez". 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 #98,543 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.