Which to use
“piégée” is a verb and “piquée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,629
- “piégée” frequency rank
- #26,472
- “piquée” frequency rank
- 46101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piégée | piquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de piéger. | Féminin singulier de piqué. |
Where the eye mixes piégée and piquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: piégée vs piquée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: piégée is \pje.ʒe\ while piquée is \pi.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piégée is recorded at frequency rank #19,629, classified as averb, pronounced \pje.ʒe\. piquée is at rank #26,472, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pi.ke\.
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 46101, this pair ranks #197,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of piégée vs piquée
Shared letters: eipé. Private to "piégée": g. Private to "piquée": qu.
"piégée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "piquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piégée" for "piquée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "piégée" or "piquée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "piégée" and "piquée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "piégée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piégée" and "piquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillée vs piquée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #197,599 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.