subventionnervssubventionnésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,204
“subventionner” frequency rank
#31,272
“subventionnés” frequency rank
63476
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature subventionner subventionnés
Definition Soutenir par une subvention. Participe passé masculin pluriel de subventionner.

Same sound, different letters: subventionner vs subventionnés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. subventionner and subventionnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
subventionner
13 ch
subventionnés

Ear matches; page differs - subventionner and subventionnés

This is the hard kind. subventionner and subventionnés are pronounced identically (\syb.vɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) 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 63476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

subventionner is recorded at frequency rank #32,204, classified as averb, pronounced \syb.vɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. subventionnés is at rank #31,272, tagged as averb, pronounced \syb.vɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\.

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 63476, this pair ranks #81,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of subventionner vs subventionnés

Shared letters: beinostuv. Private to "subventionner": r. Private to "subventionnés": é.

"subventionner" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCCVC  ·  "subventionnés" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • subventionner ← sbuventionner · ssubventionner · subbventionner · subevntionner · subvenitonner · subvenntionner · subventinoner · subventionenr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "subventionner" and "subventionnés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\syb.vɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "subventionner" vs "subventionnés" - which ranks higher?
"subventionnés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,272 in our French list, against #32,204 for "subventionner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"subventionner" and "subventionnés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "subventionner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "subventionnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "subventionner" and "subventionnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "subventionne vs subventionner". 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 #81,768 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