Which to use
“vérifiée” and “vérifier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,079
- “vérifiée” frequency rank
- #2,156
- “vérifier” frequency rank
- 26235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vérifiée | vérifier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de vérifier. | Examiner, rechercher si une chose est vraie, si elle est telle qu’elle doit être ou qu’on l’a déclarée. |
Same sound, different letters: vérifiée vs vérifier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. vérifiée (CVCVCVVV) and vérifier (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - vérifiée and vérifier
This is the hard kind. vérifiée and vérifier are pronounced identically (\ve.ʁi.fje\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vérifiée is recorded at frequency rank #24,079, classified as averb, pronounced \ve.ʁi.fje\. vérifier is at rank #2,156, tagged as averb, pronounced \ve.ʁi.fje\.
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 26235, this pair ranks #336,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vérifiée vs vérifier
Shared letters: efirvé. Private to "vérifiée": -. Private to "vérifier": -.
"vérifiée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV · "vérifier" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vérifiée" and "vérifier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vérifiée" or "vérifier"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "vérifiée" / "vérifier". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vérifiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vérifier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vérifiée" and "vérifier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vérifiée vs vérifiés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #336,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.