Which to use
“usé” and “usées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,292
- “usé” frequency rank
- #14,380
- “usées” frequency rank
- 27672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | usé | usées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Détérioré, diminué par le frottement, ruiné. | Féminin pluriel de usé. |
Same sound, different letters: usé vs usées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: usé vs usées
This is the hard kind. usé and usées are pronounced identically (\y.ze\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “usé” sits inside “usées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
usé is recorded at frequency rank #13,292, classified as anadj, pronounced \y.ze\. usées is at rank #14,380, tagged as anadj, pronounced \y.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 27672, this pair ranks #327,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of usé vs usées
Shared letters: sué. Private to "usé": -. Private to "usées": e.
"usé" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "usées" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "usé" and "usées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "usé" or "usées"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "usé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "usées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #327,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "usé" and "usées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "usagées vs usées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #327,562 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.