Which to use
“mépriser” and “méprisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,405
- “mépriser” frequency rank
- #49,810
- “méprisés” frequency rank
- 71215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mépriser | méprisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Considérer quelqu’un comme indigne d’estime. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mépriser. |
Same sound, different letters: mépriser vs méprisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - mépriser / méprisés
This is the hard kind. mépriser and méprisés are pronounced identically (\me.pʁi.ze\) 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 71215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mépriser is recorded at frequency rank #21,405, classified as averb, pronounced \me.pʁi.ze\. méprisés is at rank #49,810, tagged as averb, pronounced \me.pʁi.ze\.
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 71215, this pair ranks #48,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mépriser vs méprisés
Shared letters: imprsé. Private to "mépriser": e. Private to "méprisés": -.
"mépriser" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "méprisés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mépriser" for "méprisés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mépriser" vs "méprisés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "mépriser" / "méprisés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mépriser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "méprisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mépriser" and "méprisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "méprisent vs méprisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #48,396 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.