Which to use
“stoppé” and “stoppée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,284
- “stoppé” frequency rank
- #35,294
- “stoppée” frequency rank
- 55578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stoppé | stoppée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de stopper. | Participe passé féminin singulier de stopper. |
Same sound, different letters: stoppé vs stoppée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. stoppé runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against stoppée's 7 (CCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - stoppé / stoppée
This is the hard kind. stoppé and stoppée are pronounced identically (\stɔ.pe\) 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) - “stoppé” sits inside “stoppée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stoppé is recorded at frequency rank #20,284, classified as averb, pronounced \stɔ.pe\. stoppée is at rank #35,294, tagged as averb, pronounced \stɔ.pe\.
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 55578, this pair ranks #126,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stoppé vs stoppée
Shared letters: opsté. Private to "stoppé": -. Private to "stoppée": e.
"stoppé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "stoppée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stoppé" for "stoppée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "stoppé" or "stoppée"?
Useful next steps
"stoppé" and "stoppée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "stoppé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stoppée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stoppé" and "stoppée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "steppe vs stoppée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #126,580 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.