Which to use
“stoppée” and “stopper” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,294
- “stoppée” frequency rank
- #8,468
- “stopper” frequency rank
- 43762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stoppée | stopper |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de stopper. | Arrêter, en parlant d’un navire à moteur, d’un train, d’une machine. |
Same sound, different letters: stoppée vs stopper
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. stoppée (CCVCCVV) and stopper (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - stoppée / stopper
This is the hard kind. stoppée and stopper 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stoppée is recorded at frequency rank #35,294, classified as averb, pronounced \stɔ.pe\. stopper is at rank #8,468, 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 43762, this pair ranks #215,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stoppée vs stopper
Shared letters: eopst. Private to "stoppée": é. Private to "stopper": r.
"stoppée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "stopper" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- stopper ← sotpper · sstopper · stopepr · stoper · stopperr · stoppre · stpoper · sttopper
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stoppée" and "stopper" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "stoppée" or "stopper" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "stoppée" / "stopper". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "stoppée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stopper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stoppée" and "stopper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "steppe vs stoppée". 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 #215,621 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.