Which to use
“usé” and “usés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,292
- “usé” frequency rank
- #28,783
- “usés” frequency rank
- 42075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | usé | usés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Détérioré, diminué par le frottement, ruiné. | Masculin pluriel de usé. |
Same sound, different letters: usé vs usés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - usé and usés
This is the hard kind. usé and usés 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 1 extra letter(s) - “usé” sits inside “usés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42075, 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\. usés is at rank #28,783, 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 42075, this pair ranks #228,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of usé vs usés
Shared letters: sué. Private to "usé": -. Private to "usés": -.
"usé" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "usés" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "usé" and "usés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "usé" vs "usés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "usé" / "usés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "usé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "usés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "usé" and "usés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "urée vs usés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #228,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.