transforméevstransformésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: transformée is a noun, transformés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“transformée” is a noun and “transformés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,932
“transformée” frequency rank
#13,286
“transformés” frequency rank
23218
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transformée transformés
Definition Résultat d’une transformation. Masculin pluriel de transformé.

Same sound, different letters: transformée vs transformés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. transformée (CCVCCCVCCVV) and transformés (CCVCCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch
transformée
11 ch
transformés

Homophone desk: transformée vs transformés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: transformée and transformés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “transformée” becomes s in “transformés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23218, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transformée is recorded at frequency rank #9,932, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\. transformés is at rank #13,286, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\.

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 23218, this pair ranks #353,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of transformée vs transformés

Shared letters: afmnorsté. Private to "transformée": e. Private to "transformés": -.

"transformée" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVV  ·  "transformés" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "transformée" and "transformés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transformée" is a noun and "transformés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "transformée" or "transformés" show up more?
"transformée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,932 in our French list, against #13,286 for "transformés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "transformée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "transformés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #353,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transformée" and "transformés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transformés vs transformez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #353,742 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