Which to use
“traumatisé” and “traumatisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,444
- “traumatisé” frequency rank
- #39,582
- “traumatisés” frequency rank
- 62026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traumatisé | traumatisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de traumatiser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de traumatiser. |
Same sound, different letters: traumatisé vs traumatisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. traumatisé runs 10 letters (CCVVCVCVCV) against traumatisés's 11 (CCVVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - traumatisé and traumatisés
This is the hard kind. traumatisé and traumatisés are pronounced identically (\tʁo.ma.ti.ze\) 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) - “traumatisé” sits inside “traumatisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
traumatisé is recorded at frequency rank #22,444, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁo.ma.ti.ze\. traumatisés is at rank #39,582, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁo.ma.ti.ze\.
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 62026, this pair ranks #89,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of traumatisé vs traumatisés
Shared letters: aimrstué. Private to "traumatisé": -. Private to "traumatisés": -.
"traumatisé" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCVCVCV · "traumatisés" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "traumatisé" and "traumatisés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "traumatisé" or "traumatisés"?
Useful next steps
"traumatisé" and "traumatisés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "traumatisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "traumatisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traumatisé" and "traumatisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traumatiques vs traumatisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #89,237 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.