Which to use
“motorisé” and “motorisée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,883
- “motorisé” frequency rank
- #44,057
- “motorisée” frequency rank
- 71940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | motorisé | motorisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est équipé d’un moteur. | Féminin singulier de motorisé. |
Same sound, different letters: motorisé vs motorisée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. motorisé runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against motorisée's 9 (CVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: motorisé vs motorisée
This is the hard kind. motorisé and motorisée are pronounced identically (\mɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\) 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) - “motorisé” sits inside “motorisée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
motorisé is recorded at frequency rank #27,883, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.tɔ.ʁi.ze\. motorisée is at rank #44,057, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.tɔ.ʁi.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 71940, this pair ranks #45,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of motorisé vs motorisée
Shared letters: imorsté. Private to "motorisé": -. Private to "motorisée": e.
"motorisé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "motorisée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "motorisé" and "motorisée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "motorisé" or "motorisée"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "motorisé" / "motorisée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "motorisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motorisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "motorisé" and "motorisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motorisée vs motorisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #45,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.