Which to use
“sensibilisé” is a verb and “sensibilité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,613
- “sensibilisé” frequency rank
- #5,702
- “sensibilité” frequency rank
- 48315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sensibilisé | sensibilité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de sensibiliser. | Qualité par laquelle un sujet est sensible aux impressions physiques. |
Where the eye mixes sensibilisé and sensibilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. sensibilisé and sensibilité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: sensibilisé vs sensibilité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sensibilisé is \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze\ while sensibilité is \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “sensibilisé” becomes t in “sensibilité”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sensibilisé is recorded at frequency rank #42,613, classified as averb, pronounced \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze\. sensibilité is at rank #5,702, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\.
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 48315, this pair ranks #179,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sensibilisé vs sensibilité
Shared letters: beilnsé. Private to "sensibilisé": -. Private to "sensibilité": t.
"sensibilisé" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV · "sensibilité" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sensibilisé" and "sensibilité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sensibilisé" or "sensibilité" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sensibilisé" and "sensibilité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sensibilisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sensibilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sensibilisé" and "sensibilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sensibilisé vs sensibilisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #179,876 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.