Which to use
“questionné” is a verb and “questions” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,499
- “questionné” frequency rank
- #546
- “questions” frequency rank
- 30045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | questionné | questions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de questionner. | Pluriel de question. |
Where the eye mixes questionné and questions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. questionné runs 10 letters (CVVCCVVCCV) against questions's 9 (CVVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses questionné with questions
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: questionné is \kɛs.tjɔ.ne\ while questions is \kɛs.tjɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30045, 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\. questions is at rank #546, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɛs.tjɔ̃\.
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 30045, this pair ranks #312,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of questionné vs questions
Shared letters: einoqstu. Private to "questionné": é. Private to "questions": -.
"questionné" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCCV · "questions" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- questions ← qeustions · qquestions · quesitons · quesstions · questinos · questionns · questionss · questiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "questionné" for "questions" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "questionné" or "questions" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "questions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #312,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "questionné" and "questions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "questionné 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 #312,824 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.