Which to use
“positionné” and “positionnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,654
- “positionné” frequency rank
- #37,005
- “positionnés” frequency rank
- 59659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | positionné | positionnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de positionner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe positionner. |
Same sound, different letters: positionné vs positionnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - positionné and positionnés
This is the hard kind. positionné and positionnés 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 “positionnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59659, 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\. positionnés is at rank #37,005, 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 59659, this pair ranks #101,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of positionné vs positionnés
Shared letters: inopsté. Private to "positionné": -. Private to "positionnés": -.
"positionné" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCV · "positionnés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "positionné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "positionnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "positionné" and "positionnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "positionnent vs positionnés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #101,914 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.