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Which to use

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

#31,746
“soupçonnée” frequency rank
#48,206
“soupçonnées” frequency rank
79952
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soupçonnée soupçonnées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de soupçonner. Participe passé féminin pluriel de soupçonner.

Same sound, different letters: soupçonnée vs soupçonnées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. soupçonnée runs 10 letters (CVVCCVCCVV) against soupçonnées's 11 (CVVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
soupçonnée
11 ch
soupçonnées

Same sound, different spelling - soupçonnée / soupçonnées

This is the hard kind. soupçonnée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “soupçonnée” sits inside “soupçonnées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soupçonnée is recorded at frequency rank #31,746, 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 79952, this pair ranks #22,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of soupçonnée vs soupçonnées

Shared letters: enopsuçé. Private to "soupçonnée": -. Private to "soupçonnées": -.

"soupçonnée" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVV  ·  "soupçonnées" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "soupçonnée" and "soupçonnées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Frequency check: "soupçonnée" vs "soupçonnées" - which ranks higher?
"soupçonnée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,746 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

"soupçonnée" and "soupçonnées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soupçonnée" 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 #22,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soupçonnée" and "soupçonnées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soupçonnées vs soupçonnent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #22,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list