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Which to use

“transféré” and “transférés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,789
“transféré” frequency rank
#16,757
“transférés” frequency rank
25546
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transféré transférés
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de transférer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de transférer.

Same sound, different letters: transféré vs transférés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. transféré runs 9 letters (CCVCCCVCV) against transférés's 10 (CCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
transféré
10 ch
transférés

Homophone desk: transféré vs transférés

This is the hard kind. transféré and transférés are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃s.fe.ʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “transféré” sits inside “transférés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transféré is recorded at frequency rank #8,789, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fe.ʁe\. transférés is at rank #16,757, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fe.ʁe\.

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 25546, this pair ranks #340,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of transféré vs transférés

Shared letters: afnrsté. Private to "transféré": -. Private to "transférés": -.

"transféré" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCV  ·  "transférés" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transféré" and "transférés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\tʁɑ̃s.fe.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "transféré" or "transférés"?
"transféré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,789 in our French list, against #16,757 for "transférés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"transféré" and "transférés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "transféré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "transférés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #340,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transféré" and "transférés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transfer vs transférés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #340,254 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