suicidéevssuicidésWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#35,296
“suicidée” frequency rank
#43,679
“suicidés” frequency rank
78975
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suicidée suicidés
Definition Femme qui s’est suicidée. Masculin pluriel de suicidé.

Same sound, different letters: suicidée vs suicidés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. suicidée (CVVCVCVV) and suicidés (CVVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
suicidée
8 ch
suicidés

Homophone desk: suicidée vs suicidés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: suicidée and suicidés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sɥi.si.de\. 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 “suicidée” becomes s in “suicidés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suicidée is recorded at frequency rank #35,296, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɥi.si.de\. suicidés is at rank #43,679, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.si.de\.

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 78975, this pair ranks #24,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suicidée vs suicidés

Shared letters: cdisué. Private to "suicidée": e. Private to "suicidés": -.

"suicidée" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVV  ·  "suicidés" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suicidée" and "suicidés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suicidée" is a noun and "suicidés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "suicidée" vs "suicidés" - which ranks higher?
"suicidée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,296 in our French list, against #43,679 for "suicidés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "suicidée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suicidés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suicidée" and "suicidés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suicident vs suicidés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #24,383 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