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“stationné” and “stationnée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,989
“stationné” frequency rank
#45,887
“stationnée” frequency rank
75876
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stationné stationnée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de stationner. Participe passé féminin singulier de stationner.

Same sound, different letters: stationné vs stationnée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. stationné runs 9 letters (CCVCVVCCV) against stationnée's 10 (CCVCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
stationné
10 ch
stationnée

Homophone desk: stationné vs stationnée

This is the hard kind. stationné and stationnée are pronounced identically (\sta.sjɔ.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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “stationné” sits inside “stationnée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stationné is recorded at frequency rank #29,989, classified as averb, pronounced \sta.sjɔ.ne\. stationnée is at rank #45,887, 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 75876, this pair ranks #32,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stationné vs stationnée

Shared letters: ainosté. Private to "stationné": -. Private to "stationnée": e.

"stationné" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV  ·  "stationnée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stationné" and "stationnée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sta.sjɔ.ne\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "stationné" or "stationnée" show up more?
"stationné" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,989 in our French list, against #45,887 for "stationnée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "stationné" / "stationnée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stationné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stationnée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stationné" and "stationnée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stationnée vs stationnées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #32,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list