Which to use
“stabilisé” is a noun and “stabiliser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,192
- “stabilisé” frequency rank
- #15,513
- “stabiliser” frequency rank
- 41705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stabilisé | stabiliser |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Rendre stable. |
Same sound, different letters: stabilisé vs stabiliser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - stabilisé and stabiliser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: stabilisé and stabiliser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sta.bi.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41705, 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\. stabiliser is at rank #15,513, tagged as averb, 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 41705, this pair ranks #231,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stabilisé vs stabiliser
Shared letters: abilst. Private to "stabilisé": é. Private to "stabiliser": er.
"stabilisé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "stabiliser" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- stabiliser ← satbiliser · sstabiliser · stabbiliser · stabiilser · stabiliesr · stabiliserr · stabilisre · stabilisser
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "stabilisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stabiliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stabilisé" and "stabiliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stabilisé vs stabilisée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #231,118 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.