Which to use
“stabilisé” is a noun and “stabilisée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,192
- “stabilisé” frequency rank
- #33,904
- “stabilisée” frequency rank
- 60096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stabilisé | stabilisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Type de revêtement utilisé pour la confection de routes, de chemins ou d'allées composé d'un mélange de sable, d'argile et de chaux. | Féminin singulier de stabilisé. |
Same sound, different letters: stabilisé vs stabilisée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. stabilisé runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against stabilisée's 10 (CCVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - stabilisé / stabilisée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: stabilisé and stabilisée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sta.bi.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “stabilisé” sits inside “stabilisée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stabilisé is recorded at frequency rank #26,192, classified as anoun, pronounced \sta.bi.li.ze\. stabilisée is at rank #33,904, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sta.bi.li.ze\.
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 60096, this pair ranks #99,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of stabilisé vs stabilisée
Shared letters: abilsté. Private to "stabilisé": -. Private to "stabilisée": e.
"stabilisé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "stabilisée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stabilisé" and "stabilisée" be used interchangeably?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "stabilisé" / "stabilisée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "stabilisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stabilisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stabilisé" and "stabilisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stabilisée vs stabiliser". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #99,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.