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Which to use

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

#21,492
“transformées” frequency rank
#13,286
“transformés” frequency rank
34778
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transformées transformés
Definition Féminin pluriel de transformé. Masculin pluriel de transformé.

Same sound, different letters: transformées vs transformés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. transformées runs 12 letters (CCVCCCVCCVVC) against transformés's 11 (CCVCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
transformées
11 ch
transformés

Ear matches; page differs - transformées and transformés

This is the hard kind. transformées and transformés are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\) and both work as anadjective. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34778, 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\. 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 34778, this pair ranks #281,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of transformées vs transformés

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "transformées" and "transformés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me\), 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, "transformées" or "transformés"?
"transformés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,286 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

You've separated the homophone pair "transformées" / "transformés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "transformées" 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 #281,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transformées" and "transformés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transformées vs transformez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #281,448 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