Which to use
“positionné” and “positionnée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,654
- “positionné” frequency rank
- #38,984
- “positionnée” frequency rank
- 61638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | positionné | positionnée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de positionner. | Participe passé féminin singulier de positionner. |
Same sound, different letters: positionné vs positionnée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. positionné runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVCCV) against positionnée's 11 (CVCVCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: positionné vs positionnée
This is the hard kind. positionné and positionnée are pronounced identically (\po.zi.sjɔ.ne\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “positionné” sits inside “positionnée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
positionné is recorded at frequency rank #22,654, classified as averb, pronounced \po.zi.sjɔ.ne\. positionnée is at rank #38,984, tagged as averb, pronounced \po.zi.sjɔ.ne\.
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 61638, this pair ranks #91,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of positionné vs positionnée
Shared letters: inopsté. Private to "positionné": -. Private to "positionnée": e.
"positionné" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCV · "positionnée" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "positionné" for "positionnée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "positionné" vs "positionnée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "positionné" / "positionnée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "positionné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "positionnée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "positionné" and "positionnée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "positionnée vs positionnent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #91,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.