Which to use
“motivée” and “motivées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,819
- “motivée” frequency rank
- #29,872
- “motivées” frequency rank
- 42691
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | motivée | motivées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de motivé. | Féminin pluriel de motivé. |
Same sound, different letters: motivée vs motivées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. motivée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against motivées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: motivée vs motivées
This is the hard kind. motivée and motivées are pronounced identically (\mɔ.ti.ve\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “motivée” sits inside “motivées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
motivée is recorded at frequency rank #12,819, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.ti.ve\. motivées is at rank #29,872, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.ti.ve\.
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 42691, this pair ranks #223,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of motivée vs motivées
Shared letters: eimotvé. Private to "motivée": -. Private to "motivées": s.
"motivée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "motivées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "motivée" and "motivées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "motivée" vs "motivées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"motivée" and "motivées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "motivée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motivées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "motivée" and "motivées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mitigées vs motivées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #223,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.