Which to use
“stabilisé” and “stabilité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,192
- “stabilisé” frequency rank
- #4,717
- “stabilité” frequency rank
- 30909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stabilisé | stabilité |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Caractère de ce qui est stable. |
Where the eye mixes stabilisé and stabilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. stabilisé and stabilité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses stabilisé with stabilité
A purely visual mix-up. stabilisé (\sta.bi.li.ze\) and stabilité (\sta.bi.li.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “stabilisé” becomes t in “stabilité”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30909, 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\. stabilité is at rank #4,717, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sta.bi.li.te\.
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 30909, this pair ranks #307,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stabilisé vs stabilité
Shared letters: abilsté. Private to "stabilisé": -. Private to "stabilité": -.
"stabilisé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "stabilité" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stabilisé" for "stabilité" ever safe?
Which is more common, "stabilisé" or "stabilité"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "stabilisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stabilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stabilisé" and "stabilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stabilisé vs stabilisée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #307,233 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.