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

#7,351
“partagée” frequency rank
#11,268
“partagés” frequency rank
18619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partagée partagés
Definition Féminin singulier de partagé. Masculin pluriel de partagé.

Same sound, different letters: partagée vs partagés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. partagée (CVCCVCVV) and partagés (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
partagée
8 ch
partagés

Same sound, different spelling - partagée / partagés

This is the hard kind. partagée and partagés are pronounced identically (\paʁ.ta.ʒe\) 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 “partagée” becomes s in “partagés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partagée is recorded at frequency rank #7,351, classified as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒe\. partagés is at rank #11,268, tagged as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒe\.

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 18619, this pair ranks #377,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of partagée vs partagés

Shared letters: agprté. Private to "partagée": e. Private to "partagés": s.

"partagée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "partagés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "partagée" for "partagés" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\paʁ.ta.ʒe\), 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, "partagée" or "partagés"?
"partagée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,351 in our French list, against #11,268 for "partagés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "partagée" / "partagés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partagée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partagés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #377,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partagée" and "partagés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partagés vs partes". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #377,388 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