mentionnéesvsmentionnentWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“mentionnées” and “mentionnent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,511
“mentionnées” frequency rank
#20,787
“mentionnent” frequency rank
35298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mentionnées mentionnent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de mentionner. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mentionner.

Where the eye mixes mentionnées and mentionnent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mentionnées (CVCCVVCCVVC) and mentionnent (CVCCVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch
mentionnées
11 ch
mentionnent

Visual trap between mentionnées and mentionnent

A purely visual mix-up. mentionnées (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) and mentionnent (\mɑ̃.sjɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mentionnées is recorded at frequency rank #14,511, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. mentionnent is at rank #20,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔn\.

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 35298, this pair ranks #277,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mentionnées vs mentionnent

Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mentionnées": sé. Private to "mentionnent": -.

"mentionnées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVVC  ·  "mentionnent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mentionnent ← emntionnent · menitonnent · menntionnent · mentinonent · mentionennt · mentionent · mentionnennt · mentionnentt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mentionnées" and "mentionnent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\ versus \mɑ̃.sjɔn\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mentionnées" vs "mentionnent" - which ranks higher?
"mentionnées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,511 in our French list, against #20,787 for "mentionnent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mentionnées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mentionnent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #277,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mentionnées" and "mentionnent" 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 #277,767 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list