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“présumée” and “présumés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,539
“présumée” frequency rank
#19,377
“présumés” frequency rank
39916
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature présumée présumés
Definition Féminin singulier de présumé. Masculin pluriel de présumé.

Same sound, different letters: présumée vs présumés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. présumée (CCVCVCVV) and présumés (CCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
présumée
8 ch
présumés

Ear matches; page differs - présumée and présumés

This is the hard kind. présumée and présumés are pronounced identically (\pʁe.zy.me\) 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 a single letter - e in “présumée” becomes s in “présumés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

présumée is recorded at frequency rank #20,539, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.zy.me\. présumés is at rank #19,377, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁe.zy.me\.

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 39916, this pair ranks #244,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of présumée vs présumés

Shared letters: mprsué. Private to "présumée": e. Private to "présumés": -.

"présumée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "présumés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "présumée" and "présumés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁe.zy.me\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "présumée" or "présumés" show up more?
"présumés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,377 in our French list, against #20,539 for "présumée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "présumée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "présumés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #244,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "présumée" and "présumés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pressées vs présumés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #244,401 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