sucréevssucrésConfusable pair

Quick tell: sucrée is a noun, sucrés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sucrée” is a noun and “sucrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,329
“sucrée” frequency rank
#26,883
“sucrés” frequency rank
45212
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sucrée sucrés
Definition Mijaurée, fille ou femme qui veut passer pour gentille. Masculin pluriel de sucré.

Same sound, different letters: sucrée vs sucrés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. sucrée (CVCCVV) and sucrés (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
sucrée
6 ch
sucrés

Ear matches; page differs - sucrée and sucrés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: sucrée and sucrés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sy.kʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “sucrée” becomes s in “sucrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sucrée is recorded at frequency rank #18,329, classified as anoun, pronounced \sy.kʁe\. sucrés is at rank #26,883, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.kʁe\.

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 45212, this pair ranks #204,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sucrée vs sucrés

Shared letters: crsué. Private to "sucrée": e. Private to "sucrés": -.

"sucrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "sucrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sucrée" for "sucrés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sucrée" is a noun and "sucrés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sucrée" vs "sucrés" - which ranks higher?
"sucrée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,329 in our French list, against #26,883 for "sucrés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sucrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sucrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sucrée" and "sucrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sofres vs sucrés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #204,500 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