Which to use
“mentionnent” and “mentionnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,787
- “mentionnent” frequency rank
- #11,437
- “mentionnés” frequency rank
- 32224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mentionnent | mentionnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mentionner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mentionner. |
Where the eye mixes mentionnent and mentionnés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. mentionnent runs 11 letters (CVCCVVCCVCC) against mentionnés's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mentionnent vs mentionnés
A purely visual mix-up. mentionnent (\mɑ̃.sjɔn\) and mentionnés (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mentionnent is recorded at frequency rank #20,787, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔn\. mentionnés is at rank #11,437, 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 32224, this pair ranks #298,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mentionnent vs mentionnés
Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mentionnent": -. Private to "mentionnés": sé.
"mentionnent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC · "mentionnés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mentionnent ← emntionnent · menitonnent · menntionnent · mentinonent · mentionennt · mentionent · mentionnennt · mentionnentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mentionnent" and "mentionnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mentionnent" or "mentionnés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mentionnent" and "mentionnés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mentionnent" and "mentionnés" 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 #298,685 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.