soupçonné vs soupçonnées

Which to use

“soupçonné” and “soupçonnées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,258
“soupçonné” frequency rank: #48,206
“soupçonnées” frequency rank: 60464
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	soupçonné	soupçonnées
Definition	Participe passé masculin singulier de soupçonner.	Participe passé féminin pluriel de soupçonner.

Same sound, different letters: soupçonné vs soupçonnées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. soupçonné runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCCV) against soupçonnées's 11 (CVVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch

soupçonné

11 ch

soupçonnées

Same sound, different spelling - soupçonné / soupçonnées

This is the hard kind. soupçonné and soupçonnées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “soupçonné” sits inside “soupçonnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60464, 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\. soupçonnées is at rank #48,206, 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 60464, this pair ranks #97,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of soupçonné vs soupçonnées

Shared letters: nopsuçé. Private to "soupçonné": -. Private to "soupçonnées": e.

"soupçonné" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV · "soupçonnées" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "soupçonné" for "soupçonnées" ever safe?

No. They are pronounced the same (\sup.sɔ.ne\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "soupçonné" or "soupçonnées"?

"soupçonné" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,258 in our French list, against #48,206 for "soupçonnées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "soupçonnées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #97,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"soupçonné" and "soupçonnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soupçonnées vs soupçonnent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #97,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.