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

#36,961
“mitigée” frequency rank
#40,871
“mitigés” frequency rank
77832
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mitigée mitigés
Definition Féminin singulier de mitigé. Masculin pluriel de mitigé.

Letter map: mitigée vs mitigés

Shared letters muted; letters that set mitigée and mitigés apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. mitigée (CVCVCVV) and mitigés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

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Spelling & dictionary notes on mitigée vs mitigés

mitigée and mitigés are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - e in “mitigée” becomes s in “mitigés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mitigée is recorded at frequency rank #36,961, classified as anadj, pronounced \mi.ti.ʒe\. mitigés is at rank #40,871, tagged as anadj.

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 77832, this pair ranks #27,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mitigée vs mitigés

Shared letters: gimté. Private to "mitigée": e. Private to "mitigés": s.

"mitigée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "mitigés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mitigée" and "mitigés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - e in “mitigée” becomes s in “mitigés”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mitigée" vs "mitigés" - which ranks higher?
"mitigée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,961 in our French list, against #40,871 for "mitigés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "mitigée" vs "mitigés" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mitigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mitigés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mitigée" and "mitigés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mitigées vs mitigés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,314 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