rédigéevsrédigéesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#16,469
“rédigée” frequency rank
#29,960
“rédigées” frequency rank
46429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rédigée rédigées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de rédiger. Participe passé féminin pluriel de rédiger.

Same sound, different letters: rédigée vs rédigées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rédigée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against rédigées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rédigée
8 ch
rédigées

Ear matches; page differs - rédigée and rédigées

This is the hard kind. rédigée and rédigées are pronounced identically (\ʁe.di.ʒe\) 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) - “rédigée” sits inside “rédigées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rédigée is recorded at frequency rank #16,469, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.di.ʒe\. rédigées is at rank #29,960, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.di.ʒe\.

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 46429, this pair ranks #195,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rédigée vs rédigées

Shared letters: degiré. Private to "rédigée": -. Private to "rédigées": s.

"rédigée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "rédigées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rédigée" for "rédigées" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.di.ʒe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "rédigée" vs "rédigées" - which ranks higher?
"rédigée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,469 in our French list, against #29,960 for "rédigées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rédigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rédigées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #195,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rédigée" and "rédigées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rédigea vs rédigées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #195,012 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