stockéevsstockéesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#35,743
“stockée” frequency rank
#27,245
“stockées” frequency rank
62988
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stockée stockées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de stocker. Participe passé féminin pluriel de stocker.

Same sound, different letters: stockée vs stockées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. stockée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against stockées's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
stockée
8 ch
stockées

Homophone desk: stockée vs stockées

This is the hard kind. stockée and stockées are pronounced identically (\sto.ke\) 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) - “stockée” sits inside “stockées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stockée is recorded at frequency rank #35,743, classified as averb, pronounced \sto.ke\. stockées is at rank #27,245, tagged as averb, pronounced \sto.ke\.

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 62988, this pair ranks #84,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stockée vs stockées

Shared letters: cekosté. Private to "stockée": -. Private to "stockées": -.

"stockée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV  ·  "stockées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stockée" for "stockées" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sto.ke\), 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, "stockée" or "stockées"?
"stockées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,245 in our French list, against #35,743 for "stockée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "stockée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stockées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stockée" and "stockées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sticker vs stockée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #84,220 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