Which to use
“terminée” and “terminés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,193
- “terminée” frequency rank
- #15,522
- “terminés” frequency rank
- 19715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terminée | terminés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe terminer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel verbe terminer. |
Same sound, different letters: terminée vs terminés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. terminée (CVCCVCVV) and terminés (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: terminée vs terminés
This is the hard kind. terminée and terminés are pronounced identically (\tɛʁ.mi.ne\) 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 “terminée” becomes s in “terminés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
terminée is recorded at frequency rank #4,193, classified as averb, pronounced \tɛʁ.mi.ne\. terminés is at rank #15,522, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɛʁ.mi.ne\.
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 19715, this pair ranks #371,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of terminée vs terminés
Shared letters: eimnrté. Private to "terminée": -. Private to "terminés": s.
"terminée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "terminés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "terminée" for "terminés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "terminée" or "terminés"?
Useful next steps
"terminée" and "terminés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "terminée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "terminés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "terminée" and "terminés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terminés vs terrine". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #371,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.