Which to use
“soupçonné” and “soupçonnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,258
- “soupçonné” frequency rank
- #24,398
- “soupçonnés” frequency rank
- 36656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soupçonné | soupçonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de soupçonner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de soupçonner. |
Same sound, different letters: soupçonné vs soupçonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. soupçonné runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCCV) against soupçonnés's 10 (CVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - soupçonné and soupçonnés
This is the hard kind. soupçonné and soupçonnés 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 “soupçonnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36656, 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\. soupçonnés is at rank #24,398, 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 36656, this pair ranks #268,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soupçonné vs soupçonnés
Shared letters: nopsuçé. Private to "soupçonné": -. Private to "soupçonnés": -.
"soupçonné" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV · "soupçonnés" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soupçonné" and "soupçonnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "soupçonné" or "soupçonnés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "soupçonné" / "soupçonnés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "soupçonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soupçonnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soupçonné" and "soupçonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soupçonnées vs soupçonnés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #268,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.