taxéevstaxéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: taxée is a adjective, taxées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“taxée” is an adjective and “taxées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,216
“taxée” frequency rank
#47,640
“taxées” frequency rank
91856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taxée taxées
Definition Féminin singulier de taxé. Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe taxer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set taxée and taxées apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
taxée
6 ch
taxées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: taxée and taxées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tak.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “taxée” sits inside “taxées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taxée is recorded at frequency rank #44,216, classified as anadj, pronounced \tak.se\. taxées is at rank #47,640, tagged as averb, pronounced \tak.se\.

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 91856, this pair ranks #3,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of taxée vs taxées

Shared letters: aetxé. Private to "taxée": -. Private to "taxées": s.

"taxée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "taxées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequency comparison

taxée#44,216
taxées#47,640

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "taxée" and "taxées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "taxée" is an adjective and "taxées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "taxée" or "taxées"?
"taxée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,216 in our French list, against #47,640 for "taxées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering taxée vs taxées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “taxée”; for a verb, it's “taxées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “taxée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list