Which to use
“varié” and “variée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,083
- “varié” frequency rank
- #17,587
- “variée” frequency rank
- 29670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | varié | variée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui présente des aspects ou éléments distincts. | Féminin singulier de varié. |
Same sound, different letters: varié vs variée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - varié / variée
This is the hard kind. varié and variée are pronounced identically (\va.ʁje\) 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) - “varié” sits inside “variée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
varié is recorded at frequency rank #12,083, classified as anadj, pronounced \va.ʁje\. variée is at rank #17,587, tagged as anadj, pronounced \va.ʁje\.
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 29670, this pair ranks #315,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of varié vs variée
Shared letters: airvé. Private to "varié": -. Private to "variée": e.
"varié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "variée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "varié" for "variée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "varié" vs "variée" - which ranks higher?
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 "varié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "variée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "varié" and "variée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "varia vs variée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #315,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.