Which to use
“oubliée” and “oubliés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,454
- “oubliée” frequency rank
- #11,455
- “oubliés” frequency rank
- 22909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | oubliée | oubliés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de oublié. | Masculin pluriel de oublié. |
Same sound, different letters: oubliée vs oubliés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. oubliée (VVCCVVV) and oubliés (VVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - oubliée and oubliés
This is the hard kind. oubliée and oubliés are pronounced identically (\u.bli.je\) 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 a single letter - e in “oubliée” becomes s in “oubliés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
oubliée is recorded at frequency rank #11,454, classified as anadj, pronounced \u.bli.je\. oubliés is at rank #11,455, tagged as anadj, pronounced \u.bli.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 22909, this pair ranks #355,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of oubliée vs oubliés
Shared letters: biloué. Private to "oubliée": e. Private to "oubliés": s.
"oubliée" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVVV · "oubliés" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "oubliée" and "oubliés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "oubliée" or "oubliés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "oubliée" / "oubliés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "oubliée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oubliés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "oubliée" and "oubliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oublieras vs oubliés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #355,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.