structuréevsstructuréesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: structurée is a adjective, structurées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“structurée” is an adjective and “structurées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,401
“structurée” frequency rank
#41,020
“structurées” frequency rank
65421
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature structurée structurées
Definition Féminin singulier de structuré. Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe structurer.

Same sound, different letters: structurée vs structurées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. structurée runs 10 letters (CCCVCCVCVV) against structurées's 11 (CCCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
structurée
11 ch
structurées

Homophone desk: structurée vs structurées

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: structurée and structurées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “structurée” sits inside “structurées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

structurée is recorded at frequency rank #24,401, classified as anadj, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\. structurées is at rank #41,020, tagged as averb, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\.

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 65421, this pair ranks #72,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of structurée vs structurées

Shared letters: cerstué. Private to "structurée": -. Private to "structurées": -.

"structurée" · 10 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVV  ·  "structurées" · 11 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "structurée" for "structurées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "structurée" is an adjective and "structurées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "structurée" or "structurées"?
"structurée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,401 in our French list, against #41,020 for "structurées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "structurée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "structurées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "structurée" and "structurées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "structurées vs structurent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #72,407 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