Which to use
“traumatisée” and “traumatisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,626
- “traumatisée” frequency rank
- #39,582
- “traumatisés” frequency rank
- 72208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traumatisée | traumatisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de traumatiser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de traumatiser. |
Same sound, different letters: traumatisée vs traumatisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. traumatisée (CCVVCVCVCVV) and traumatisés (CCVVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - traumatisée and traumatisés
This is the hard kind. traumatisée 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 a single letter - e in “traumatisée” becomes s in “traumatisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
traumatisée is recorded at frequency rank #32,626, 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 72208, this pair ranks #44,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of traumatisée vs traumatisés
Shared letters: aimrstué. Private to "traumatisée": e. Private to "traumatisés": -.
"traumatisée" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCVCVV · "traumatisés" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "traumatisée" and "traumatisés" be used interchangeably?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "traumatisée" 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 #44,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traumatisée" and "traumatisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traumatiques vs traumatisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #44,815 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.