Which to use
“mentionnés” is a verb and “mentions” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,437
- “mentionnés” frequency rank
- #7,864
- “mentions” frequency rank
- 19301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mentionnés | mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mentionner. | Pluriel de mention. |
Where the eye mixes mentionnés and mentions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. mentionnés runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCCVC) against mentions's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mentionnés and mentions
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mentionnés is \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\ while mentions is \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mentionnés is recorded at frequency rank #11,437, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. mentions is at rank #7,864, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
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 19301, this pair ranks #373,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mentionnés vs mentions
Shared letters: eimnost. Private to "mentionnés": é. Private to "mentions": -.
"mentionnés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC · "mentions" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mentions ← emntions · menitons · menntions · mentinos · mentionns · mentionss · mentiosn · mentoins
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mentionnés" for "mentions" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "mentionnés" or "mentions" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mentionnés" and "mentions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mentions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mentionnés" and "mentions" 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 #373,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.