Which to use
“soupçonné” and “soupçonnée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,258
- “soupçonné” frequency rank
- #31,746
- “soupçonnée” frequency rank
- 44004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soupçonné | soupçonnée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de soupçonner. | Participe passé féminin singulier de soupçonner. |
Same sound, different letters: soupçonné vs soupçonnée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. soupçonné runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCCV) against soupçonnée's 10 (CVVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - soupçonné / soupçonnée
This is the hard kind. soupçonné and soupçonnée are pronounced identically (\sup.sɔ.ne\) 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) - “soupçonné” sits inside “soupçonnée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soupçonné is recorded at frequency rank #12,258, classified as averb, pronounced \sup.sɔ.ne\. soupçonnée is at rank #31,746, tagged as averb, pronounced \sup.sɔ.ne\.
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 44004, this pair ranks #213,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soupçonné vs soupçonnée
Shared letters: nopsuçé. Private to "soupçonné": -. Private to "soupçonnée": e.
"soupçonné" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV · "soupçonnée" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soupçonné" and "soupçonnée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "soupçonné" or "soupçonnée"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "soupçonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soupçonnée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soupçonné" and "soupçonnée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soupçonnée vs soupçonnées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #213,790 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.