Which to use
“préconisée” and “préconisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,992
- “préconisée” frequency rank
- #46,375
- “préconisées” frequency rank
- 85367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | préconisée | préconisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de préconiser. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de préconiser. |
Same sound, different letters: préconisée vs préconisées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. préconisée runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVCVV) against préconisées's 11 (CCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - préconisée / préconisées
This is the hard kind. préconisée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “préconisée” sits inside “préconisées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
préconisée is recorded at frequency rank #38,992, 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 85367, this pair ranks #11,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of préconisée vs préconisées
Shared letters: ceinoprsé. Private to "préconisée": -. Private to "préconisées": -.
"préconisée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVV · "préconisées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "préconisée" for "préconisées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "préconisée" vs "préconisées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "préconisée" / "préconisées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "préconisée" 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 #11,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "préconisée" and "préconisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "préconisées vs préconiser". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #11,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.