Which to use
“suspectée” and “suspectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,759
- “suspectée” frequency rank
- #40,037
- “suspectés” frequency rank
- 84796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspectée | suspectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de suspecter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de suspecter. |
Same sound, different letters: suspectée vs suspectés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. suspectée (CVCCVCCVV) and suspectés (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - suspectée / suspectés
This is the hard kind. suspectée 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 a single letter - e in “suspectée” becomes s in “suspectés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspectée is recorded at frequency rank #44,759, 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 84796, this pair ranks #12,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of suspectée vs suspectés
Shared letters: cepstué. Private to "suspectée": -. Private to "suspectés": -.
"suspectée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "suspectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suspectée" for "suspectés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "suspectée" vs "suspectés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "suspectée" / "suspectés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "suspectée" 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 #12,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspectée" and "suspectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspectée vs suspecter". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #12,347 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.