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

#45,203
“numérisé” frequency rank
#49,253
“numérisés” frequency rank
94456
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature numérisé numérisés
Definition Qui a été numérisé ; qui résulte d’une numérisation. Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif numérisé.

Same sound, different letters: numérisé vs numérisés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. numérisé runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against numérisés's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
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9 ch
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Same sound, different spelling - numérisé / numérisés

This is the hard kind. numérisé and numérisés are pronounced identically (\ny.me.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) - “numérisé” sits inside “numérisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

numérisé is recorded at frequency rank #45,203, classified as anadj, pronounced \ny.me.ʁi.ze\. numérisés is at rank #49,253, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ny.me.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 94456, this pair ranks #1,610 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of numérisé vs numérisés

Shared letters: imnrsué. Private to "numérisé": -. Private to "numérisés": -.

"numérisé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "numérisés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "numérisé" for "numérisés" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ny.me.ʁi.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "numérisé" or "numérisés" show up more?
"numérisé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,203 in our French list, against #49,253 for "numérisés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "numérisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "numérisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,610 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "numérisé" and "numérisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "numériser vs numérisés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,610 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