Which to use
“ponctué” and “ponctuée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,476
- “ponctué” frequency rank
- #28,697
- “ponctuée” frequency rank
- 55173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ponctué | ponctuée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie des animaux et des végétaux qui sont parsemés de taches en forme de points. | Féminin singulier de ponctué. |
Letter map: ponctué vs ponctuée
Shared letters muted; letters that set ponctué and ponctuée apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. ponctué runs 7 letters (CVCCCVV) against ponctuée's 8 (CVCCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on ponctué vs ponctuée
ponctué and ponctuée are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ponctué” sits inside “ponctuée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ponctué is recorded at frequency rank #26,476, classified as anadj. ponctuée is at rank #28,697, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔ̃k.tɥe\.
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 55173, this pair ranks #129,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ponctué vs ponctuée
Shared letters: cnoptué. Private to "ponctué": -. Private to "ponctuée": e.
"ponctué" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "ponctuée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "ponctué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ponctuée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ponctué" and "ponctuée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ponctuée vs ponctuels". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #129,193 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.