Which to use
“positionnée” and “positionnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,984
- “positionnée” frequency rank
- #37,005
- “positionnés” frequency rank
- 75989
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | positionnée | positionnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de positionner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe positionner. |
Same sound, different letters: positionnée vs positionnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. positionnée (CVCVCVVCCVV) and positionnés (CVCVCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - positionnée / positionnés
This is the hard kind. positionnée 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 a single letter - e in “positionnée” becomes s in “positionnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75989, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
positionnée is recorded at frequency rank #38,984, 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 75989, this pair ranks #32,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of positionnée vs positionnés
Shared letters: inopsté. Private to "positionnée": e. Private to "positionnés": -.
"positionnée" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVV · "positionnés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "positionnée" and "positionnés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "positionnée" or "positionnés"?
What to do next
"positionnée" and "positionnés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "positionnée" 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 #32,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "positionnée" and "positionnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "positionnée vs positionnent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #32,413 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.