restituéevsrestituésConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
restituée
9 ch
restitués

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁɛs.ti.tɥe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "restituée" vs "restitués" - which ranks higher?
"restituée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,638 in our French list, against #49,911 for "restitués". 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 "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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list