Which to use
“submergé” and “submergée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,824
- “submergé” frequency rank
- #34,766
- “submergée” frequency rank
- 60590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | submergé | submergée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe submerger. | Participe passé féminin singulier de submerger. |
Same sound, different letters: submergé vs submergée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. submergé runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against submergée's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - submergé and submergée
This is the hard kind. submergé and submergée are pronounced identically (\syb.mɛʁ.ʒe\) 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) - “submergé” sits inside “submergée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
submergé is recorded at frequency rank #25,824, classified as averb, pronounced \syb.mɛʁ.ʒe\. submergée is at rank #34,766, tagged as averb, pronounced \syb.mɛʁ.ʒe\.
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 60590, this pair ranks #96,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of submergé vs submergée
Shared letters: begmrsué. Private to "submergé": -. Private to "submergée": -.
"submergé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "submergée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "submergé" and "submergée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "submergé" vs "submergée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "submergé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "submergée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "submergé" and "submergée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "submergée vs submerger". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #96,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.