vaccinervsvaccinésConfusable pair

Quick tell: vacciner is a verb, vaccinés is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vacciner” is a verb and “vaccinés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,726
“vacciner” frequency rank
#31,292
“vaccinés” frequency rank
54018
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vacciner vaccinés
Definition Immuniser à l’aide de toute sorte de vaccin pour préparer ou provoquer une réponse immunitaire. Pluriel de vacciné.

Same sound, different letters: vacciner vs vaccinés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. vacciner and vaccinés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
vacciner
8 ch
vaccinés

Homophone desk: vacciner vs vaccinés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: vacciner and vaccinés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vak.si.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vacciner is recorded at frequency rank #22,726, classified as averb, pronounced \vak.si.ne\. vaccinés is at rank #31,292, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vak.si.ne\.

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 54018, this pair ranks #136,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vacciner vs vaccinés

Shared letters: acinv. Private to "vacciner": er. Private to "vaccinés": sé.

"vacciner" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "vaccinés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vacciner ← avcciner · vaccienr · vaccinerr · vaccinner · vaccinre · vaccnier · vacicner · vaciner

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vacciner" and "vaccinés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vacciner" is a verb and "vaccinés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "vacciner" or "vaccinés" show up more?
"vacciner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,726 in our French list, against #31,292 for "vaccinés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vacciner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vaccinés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vacciner" and "vaccinés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaccinés vs vaines". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #136,861 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list