Which to use
“situées” and “situés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,244
- “situées” frequency rank
- #5,704
- “situés” frequency rank
- 12948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | situées | situés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de situé. | Masculin pluriel de situé. |
Same sound, different letters: situées vs situés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. situées runs 7 letters (CVCVVVC) against situés's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: situées vs situés
This is the hard kind. situées and situés are pronounced identically (\si.tɥe\) and both work as anadjective. 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 12948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
situées is recorded at frequency rank #7,244, classified as anadj, pronounced \si.tɥe\. situés is at rank #5,704, tagged as anadj, pronounced \si.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 12948, this pair ranks #403,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of situées vs situés
Shared letters: istué. Private to "situées": e. Private to "situés": -.
"situées" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "situés" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "situées" for "situés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "situées" or "situés"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "situées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "situés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "situées" and "situés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sires vs situés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #403,081 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.