Which to use
“station” is a noun and “stationné” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,975
- “station” frequency rank
- #29,989
- “stationné” frequency rank
- 31964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | station | stationné |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pause, arrêt que l’on fait dans un parcours. | Participe passé masculin singulier de stationner. |
Where the eye mixes station and stationné
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. station runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against stationné's 9 (CCVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: station vs stationné
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: station is \sta.sjɔ̃\ while stationné is \sta.sjɔ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “station” sits inside “stationné”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
station is recorded at frequency rank #1,975, classified as anoun, pronounced \sta.sjɔ̃\. stationné is at rank #29,989, tagged as averb, pronounced \sta.sjɔ.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 31964, this pair ranks #300,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of station vs stationné
Shared letters: ainost. Private to "station": -. Private to "stationné": é.
"station" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "stationné" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- station ← sattion · sstation · staiton · statino · stationn · statoin · stattion · sttaion
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "station" and "stationné" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "station" or "stationné" show up more?
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 "station" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stationné" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "station" and "stationné" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stationné vs stationnées". 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 #300,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.