Which to use
“questionné” and “questionnent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,499
- “questionné” frequency rank
- #46,385
- “questionnent” frequency rank
- 75884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | questionné | questionnent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de questionner. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de questionner. |
Where the eye mixes questionné and questionnent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. questionné runs 10 letters (CVVCCVVCCV) against questionnent's 12 (CVVCCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: questionné vs questionnent
A purely visual mix-up. questionné (\kɛs.tjɔ.ne\) and questionnent (\kɛs.tjɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
questionné is recorded at frequency rank #29,499, classified as averb, pronounced \kɛs.tjɔ.ne\. questionnent is at rank #46,385, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɛs.tjɔn\.
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 75884, this pair ranks #32,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of questionné vs questionnent
Shared letters: einoqstu. Private to "questionné": é. Private to "questionnent": -.
"questionné" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCCV · "questionnent" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- questionnent ← qeustionnent · qquestionnent · quesitonnent · quesstionnent · questinonent · questionennt · questionent · questionnennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "questionné" and "questionnent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "questionné" or "questionnent"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "questionné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "questionnent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "questionné" and "questionnent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "questionnement vs questionnent". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #32,748 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.