questionnévsquestionnentWhat's the difference?

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set questionné and questionnent apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

10 ch
questionné
12 ch
questionnent

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

  • questionnentqeustionnent · qquestionnent · quesitonnent · quesstionnent · questinonent · questionennt · questionent · questionnennt

Frequency comparison

questionné#29,499
questionnent#46,385

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "questionné" and "questionnent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɛs.tjɔ.ne\ versus \kɛs.tjɔn\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "questionné" or "questionnent"?
"questionné" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,499 in our French list, against #46,385 for "questionnent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering questionné vs questionnent

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list