Which to use
“possédé” and “possédés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,965
- “possédé” frequency rank
- #33,837
- “possédés” frequency rank
- 49802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | possédé | possédés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie un être vivant dominé par une puissance maléfique ou occulte. | Masculin pluriel de possédé. |
Same sound, different letters: possédé vs possédés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. possédé and possédés are pronounced identically (\pɔ.se.de\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “possédé” sits inside “possédés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
possédé is recorded at frequency rank #15,965, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɔ.se.de\. possédés is at rank #33,837, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔ.se.de\.
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 49802, this pair ranks #167,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of possédé vs possédés
Shared letters: dopsé. Private to "possédé": -. Private to "possédés": -.
"possédé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "possédés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC