Which to use
“usée” and “usées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,852
- “usée” frequency rank
- #14,380
- “usées” frequency rank
- 45232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | usée | usées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de usé. | Féminin pluriel de usé. |
Same sound, different letters: usée vs usées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. usée runs 4 letters (VCVV) against usées's 5 (VCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: usée vs usées
This is the hard kind. usée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “usée” sits inside “usées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
usée is recorded at frequency rank #30,852, 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 45232, this pair ranks #204,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of usée vs usées
Shared letters: esué. Private to "usée": -. Private to "usées": -.
"usée" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "usées" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "usée" and "usées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "usée" vs "usées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "usée" / "usées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "usée" 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 #204,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "usée" and "usées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "urée vs usée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #204,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.