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Which to use

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

#29,988
“stationner” frequency rank
#37,567
“stationnés” frequency rank
67555
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stationner stationnés
Definition Faire une station, s’arrêter dans un lieu. Participe passé masculin pluriel de stationner.

Same sound, different letters: stationner vs stationnés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. stationner and stationnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
stationner
10 ch
stationnés

Homophone desk: stationner vs stationnés

This is the hard kind. stationner and stationnés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stationner is recorded at frequency rank #29,988, classified as averb, pronounced \sta.sjɔ.ne\. stationnés is at rank #37,567, 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 67555, this pair ranks #62,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stationner vs stationnés

Shared letters: ainost. Private to "stationner": er. Private to "stationnés": é.

"stationner" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC  ·  "stationnés" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stationner ← sattionner · sstationner · staitonner · statinoner · stationenr · stationer · stationnerr · stationnre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stationner" and "stationnés" 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.
Which is more common, "stationner" or "stationnés"?
"stationner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,988 in our French list, against #37,567 for "stationnés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"stationner" and "stationnés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stationner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stationnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stationner" and "stationnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stationnées vs stationnés". 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 #62,911 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