Which to use
“terminée” and “terminez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,193
- “terminée” frequency rank
- #41,566
- “terminez” frequency rank
- 45759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terminée | terminez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe terminer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de terminer. |
Same sound, different letters: terminée vs terminez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. terminée (CVCCVCVV) and terminez (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: terminée vs terminez
This is the hard kind. terminée and terminez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45759, 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\. terminez is at rank #41,566, 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 45759, this pair ranks #200,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of terminée vs terminez
Shared letters: eimnrt. Private to "terminée": é. Private to "terminez": z.
"terminée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "terminez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- terminez ← etrminez · temrinez · terimnez · termienz · terminezz · terminnez · terminze · termminez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "terminée" and "terminez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "terminée" or "terminez" show up more?
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 "terminée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "terminez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "terminée" and "terminez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terminez vs terrine". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #200,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.