taxéesvstaxésWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#47,640
“taxées” frequency rank
#28,772
“taxés” frequency rank
76412
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taxées taxés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe taxer. Masculin pluriel de taxé.

Same sound, different letters: taxées vs taxés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. taxées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against taxés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
taxées
5 ch
taxés

Same sound, different spelling - taxées / taxés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: taxées and taxés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tak.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76412, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taxées is recorded at frequency rank #47,640, classified as averb, pronounced \tak.se\. taxés is at rank #28,772, tagged as anadj, 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 76412, this pair ranks #31,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of taxées vs taxés

Shared letters: astxé. Private to "taxées": e. Private to "taxés": -.

"taxées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "taxés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "taxées" and "taxés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "taxées" is a verb and "taxés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "taxées" vs "taxés" - which ranks higher?
"taxés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,772 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.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "taxées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "taxés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taxées" and "taxés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "takes vs taxées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #31,221 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