Which to use
“occasionnée” and “occasionnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,495
- “occasionnée” frequency rank
- #36,074
- “occasionnés” frequency rank
- 78569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | occasionnée | occasionnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de occasionner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de occasionner. |
Same sound, different letters: occasionnée vs occasionnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. occasionnée (VCCVCVVCCVV) and occasionnés (VCCVCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - occasionnée / occasionnés
This is the hard kind. occasionnée and occasionnés are pronounced identically (\ɔ.ka.zjɔ.ne\) 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 differ by a single letter - e in “occasionnée” becomes s in “occasionnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
occasionnée is recorded at frequency rank #42,495, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.ka.zjɔ.ne\. occasionnés is at rank #36,074, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.ka.zjɔ.ne\.
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 78569, this pair ranks #25,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of occasionnée vs occasionnés
Shared letters: acinosé. Private to "occasionnée": e. Private to "occasionnés": -.
"occasionnée" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCVV · "occasionnés" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "occasionnée" for "occasionnés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "occasionnée" or "occasionnés"?
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 "occasionnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "occasionnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "occasionnée" and "occasionnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "occasionnée vs occasionner". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,401 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.