Which to use
“restituée” and “restitués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,638
- “restituée” frequency rank
- #49,911
- “restitués” frequency rank
- 93549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restituée | restitués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de restituer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de restituer. |
Same sound, different letters: restituée vs restitués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. restituée (CVCCVCVVV) and restitués (CVCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - restituée / restitués
This is the hard kind. restituée and restitués are pronounced identically (\ʁɛs.ti.tɥe\) 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 a single letter - e in “restituée” becomes s in “restitués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
restituée is recorded at frequency rank #43,638, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛs.ti.tɥe\. restitués is at rank #49,911, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛs.ti.tɥe\.
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 93549, this pair ranks #2,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of restituée vs restitués
Shared letters: eirstué. Private to "restituée": -. Private to "restitués": -.
"restituée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVV · "restitués" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "restituée" and "restitués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "restituée" vs "restitués" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "restituée" / "restitués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "restituée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "restitués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "restituée" and "restitués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "restitué vs restitués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #2,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.