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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.

11 ch
positionnée
11 ch
positionnés

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\po.zi.sjɔ.ne\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "positionnée" or "positionnés"?
"positionnés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,005 in our French list, against #38,984 for "positionnée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list