Which to use
“soupçonnée” and “soupçonnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,746
- “soupçonnée” frequency rank
- #24,398
- “soupçonnés” frequency rank
- 56144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soupçonnée | soupçonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de soupçonner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de soupçonner. |
Same sound, different letters: soupçonnée vs soupçonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. soupçonnée (CVVCCVCCVV) and soupçonnés (CVVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - soupçonnée and soupçonnés
This is the hard kind. soupçonnée 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 a single letter - e in “soupçonnée” becomes s in “soupçonnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56144, 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\. 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 56144, this pair ranks #122,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soupçonnée vs soupçonnés
Shared letters: nopsuçé. Private to "soupçonnée": e. Private to "soupçonnés": -.
"soupçonnée" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVV · "soupçonnés" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soupçonnée" for "soupçonnés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "soupçonnée" or "soupçonnés"?
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 "soupçonnée" 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 #122,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soupçonnée" and "soupçonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soupçonnée vs soupçonnées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #122,956 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.