Which to use
“suspecté” and “suspectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,581
- “suspecté” frequency rank
- #40,037
- “suspectés” frequency rank
- 60618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspecté | suspectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de suspecter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de suspecter. |
Same sound, different letters: suspecté vs suspectés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - suspecté and suspectés
This is the hard kind. suspecté and suspectés are pronounced identically (\sys.pɛk.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) - “suspecté” sits inside “suspectés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspecté is recorded at frequency rank #20,581, classified as averb, pronounced \sys.pɛk.te\. suspectés is at rank #40,037, tagged as averb, pronounced \sys.pɛk.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 60618, this pair ranks #96,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of suspecté vs suspectés
Shared letters: cepstué. Private to "suspecté": -. Private to "suspectés": -.
"suspecté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "suspectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suspecté" for "suspectés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "suspecté" or "suspectés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "suspecté" / "suspectés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "suspecté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspectés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspecté" and "suspectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspectée vs suspectés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #96,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.