rédigéesvsrédigésWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#29,960
“rédigées” frequency rank
#20,271
“rédigés” frequency rank
50231
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rédigées rédigés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de rédiger. Participe passé masculin pluriel de rédiger.

Same sound, different letters: rédigées vs rédigés

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

8 ch
rédigées
7 ch
rédigés

Ear matches; page differs - rédigées and rédigés

This is the hard kind. rédigées and rédigés 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rédigées is recorded at frequency rank #29,960, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.di.ʒe\. rédigés is at rank #20,271, 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 50231, this pair ranks #164,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rédigées vs rédigés

Shared letters: dgirsé. Private to "rédigées": e. Private to "rédigés": -.

"rédigées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "rédigés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rédigées" and "rédigés" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "rédigées" or "rédigés"?
"rédigés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,271 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

You've separated the homophone pair "rédigées" / "rédigés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rédigées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rédigés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #164,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rédigées" and "rédigés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rédigea vs rédigées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #164,248 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