Which to use
“passées” is an adjective and “passera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,057
- “passées” frequency rank
- #4,265
- “passera” frequency rank
- 9322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passées | passera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de passé. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de passer. |
Where the eye mixes passées and passera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. passées (CVCCVVC) and passera (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between passées and passera
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: passées is \pa.se\ while passera is \pa.sə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passées is recorded at frequency rank #5,057, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.se\. passera is at rank #4,265, tagged as averb, pronounced \pa.sə.ʁa\.
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 9322, this pair ranks #417,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passées vs passera
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "passées": é. Private to "passera": r.
"passées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "passera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- passera ← apssera · pasera · pasesra · passear · passerra · passrea · ppassera · psasera
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passées" and "passera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "passées" or "passera" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "passées" and "passera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passées" and "passera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passées vs pressées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #417,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.