octroyévsoctroyésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#27,158
“octroyé” frequency rank
#41,937
“octroyés” frequency rank
69095
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature octroyé octroyés
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de octroyer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de octroyer.

Same sound, different letters: octroyé vs octroyés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
octroyé
8 ch
octroyés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. octroyé and octroyés are pronounced identically (\ok.tʁwa.je\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “octroyé” sits inside “octroyés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

octroyé is recorded at frequency rank #27,158, classified as averb, pronounced \ok.tʁwa.je\. octroyés is at rank #41,937, tagged as averb, pronounced \ok.tʁwa.je\.

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 69095, this pair ranks #56,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of octroyé vs octroyés

Shared letters: cortyé. Private to "octroyé": -. Private to "octroyés": s.

"octroyé" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV  ·  "octroyés" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "octroyé" and "octroyés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ok.tʁwa.je\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "octroyé" or "octroyés"?
"octroyé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,158 in our French list, against #41,937 for "octroyés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list