Which to use
“soulagé” and “soulagée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,485
- “soulagé” frequency rank
- #25,135
- “soulagée” frequency rank
- 41620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soulagé | soulagée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de soulager. | Participe passé féminin singulier de soulager. |
Same sound, different letters: soulagé vs soulagée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. soulagé runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against soulagée's 8 (CVVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: soulagé vs soulagée
This is the hard kind. soulagé and soulagée are pronounced identically (\su.la.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 extra letter(s) - “soulagé” sits inside “soulagée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soulagé is recorded at frequency rank #16,485, classified as averb, pronounced \su.la.ʒe\. soulagée is at rank #25,135, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.la.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 41620, this pair ranks #231,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soulagé vs soulagée
Shared letters: aglosué. Private to "soulagé": -. Private to "soulagée": e.
"soulagé" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "soulagée" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soulagé" for "soulagée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soulagé" vs "soulagée" - which ranks higher?
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 "soulagé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soulagée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soulagé" and "soulagée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soulagée vs soulagés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #231,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.