Which to use
“soupçonner” and “soupçonnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,878
- “soupçonner” frequency rank
- #24,398
- “soupçonnés” frequency rank
- 51276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soupçonner | soupçonnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avoir, concernant quelqu’un ou quelque chose, une opinion, une présomption désavantageuse, mais incertaine et mêlée de doute. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de soupçonner. |
Same sound, different letters: soupçonner vs soupçonnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. soupçonner and soupçonnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - soupçonner and soupçonnés
This is the hard kind. soupçonner 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soupçonner is recorded at frequency rank #26,878, 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 51276, this pair ranks #156,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soupçonner vs soupçonnés
Shared letters: nopsuç. Private to "soupçonner": er. Private to "soupçonnés": é.
"soupçonner" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC · "soupçonnés" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soupçonner" and "soupçonnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "soupçonner" or "soupçonnés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "soupçonner" / "soupçonnés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "soupçonner" 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 #156,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soupçonner" and "soupçonnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soupçonnées vs soupçonner". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.