Which to use
“mentionner” and “mentionnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,977
- “mentionner” frequency rank
- #11,437
- “mentionnés” frequency rank
- 18414
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mentionner | mentionnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Citer, nommer ou indiquer, de vive voix ou par écrit. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mentionner. |
Same sound, different letters: mentionner vs mentionnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mentionner and mentionnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mentionner and mentionnés
This is the hard kind. mentionner and mentionnés 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 18414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mentionner is recorded at frequency rank #6,977, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. 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 18414, this pair ranks #378,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mentionner vs mentionnés
Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mentionner": r. Private to "mentionnés": sé.
"mentionner" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC · "mentionnés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mentionner ← emntionner · menitonner · menntionner · mentinoner · mentionenr · mentioner · mentionnerr · mentionnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mentionner" and "mentionnés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mentionner" or "mentionnés"?
Useful next steps
"mentionner" and "mentionnés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionner" 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 #378,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mentionner" and "mentionnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentionnés 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 #378,448 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.