Which to use
“surmontée” and “surmontées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,406
- “surmontée” frequency rank
- #37,574
- “surmontées” frequency rank
- 61980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | surmontée | surmontées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de surmonter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de surmonter. |
Same sound, different letters: surmontée vs surmontées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. surmontée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against surmontées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - surmontée and surmontées
This is the hard kind. surmontée and surmontées are pronounced identically (\syʁ.mɔ̃.te\) 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) - “surmontée” sits inside “surmontées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
surmontée is recorded at frequency rank #24,406, classified as averb, pronounced \syʁ.mɔ̃.te\. surmontées is at rank #37,574, tagged as averb, pronounced \syʁ.mɔ̃.te\.
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 61980, this pair ranks #89,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of surmontée vs surmontées
Shared letters: emnorstué. Private to "surmontée": -. Private to "surmontées": -.
"surmontée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "surmontées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "surmontée" and "surmontées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "surmontée" or "surmontées"?
What to do next
"surmontée" and "surmontées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "surmontée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "surmontées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "surmontée" and "surmontées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "surmontées vs surmontés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #89,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.