Which to use
“préconisé” and “préconisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,145
- “préconisé” frequency rank
- #46,375
- “préconisées” frequency rank
- 72520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | préconisé | préconisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de préconiser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de préconiser. |
Same sound, different letters: préconisé vs préconisées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. préconisé runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against préconisées's 11 (CCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: préconisé vs préconisées
This is the hard kind. préconisé and préconisées are pronounced identically (\pʁe.kɔ.ni.ze\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “préconisé” sits inside “préconisées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
préconisé is recorded at frequency rank #26,145, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁe.kɔ.ni.ze\. préconisées is at rank #46,375, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.kɔ.ni.ze\.
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 72520, this pair ranks #43,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of préconisé vs préconisées
Shared letters: cinoprsé. Private to "préconisé": -. Private to "préconisées": e.
"préconisé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "préconisées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "préconisé" and "préconisées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "préconisé" or "préconisées" show up more?
After this comparison
"préconisé" and "préconisées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "préconisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "préconisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "préconisé" and "préconisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "préconisées vs préconiser". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #43,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.