transforméesvstransformerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: transformées is a adjective, transformer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#21,492
“transformées” frequency rank
#3,648
“transformer” frequency rank
25140
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transformées transformer
Definition Féminin pluriel de transformé. Métamorphoser, donner à une personne ou à une chose une autre forme que celle qui lui est propre ou qu’elle avait précédemment.

Same sound, different letters: transformées vs transformer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.

12 ch
transformées
11 ch
transformer

Ear matches; page differs - transformées and transformer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: transformées and transformer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 25140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transformées is recorded at frequency rank #21,492, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\. transformer is at rank #3,648, tagged as averb, 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 25140, this pair ranks #342,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of transformées vs transformer

Shared letters: aefmnorst. Private to "transformées": é. Private to "transformer": -.

"transformées" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC  ·  "transformer" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transformerrtansformer · tarnsformer · tranfsormer · trannsformer · transfformer · transfomrer · transforemr · transformerr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "transformées" and "transformer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transformées" is an adjective and "transformer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "transformées" vs "transformer" - which ranks higher?
"transformer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,648 in our French list, against #21,492 for "transformées". 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 "transformées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "transformer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #342,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transformées" and "transformer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transformées vs transformez". 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 #342,575 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