stationnévsstationsConfusable pair

Quick tell: stationné is a verb, stations is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stationné” is a verb and “stations” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,989
“stationné” frequency rank
#4,101
“stations” frequency rank
34090
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stationné stations
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de stationner. Pluriel de station.

Where the eye mixes stationné and stations

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. stationné runs 9 letters (CCVCVVCCV) against stations's 8 (CCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
stationné
8 ch
stations

Visual trap between stationné and stations

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: stationné is \sta.sjɔ.ne\ while stations is \sta.sjɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34090, 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\. stations is at rank #4,101, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sta.sjɔ̃\.

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 34090, this pair ranks #286,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stationné vs stations

Shared letters: ainost. Private to "stationné": é. Private to "stations": -.

"stationné" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV  ·  "stations" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stations ← sattions · sstations · staitons · statinos · stationns · stationss · statiosn · statoins

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stationné" for "stations" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stationné" is a verb and "stations" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "stationné" or "stations" show up more?
"stations" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,101 in our French list, against #29,989 for "stationné". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stationné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #286,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stationné" and "stations" 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 #286,220 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