Which to use
“vérifiée” and “vérifiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,079
- “vérifiée” frequency rank
- #29,191
- “vérifiés” frequency rank
- 53270
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vérifiée | vérifiés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de vérifier. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de vérifier. |
Same sound, different letters: vérifiée vs vérifiés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. vérifiée (CVCVCVVV) and vérifiés (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 vérifiés
This is the hard kind. vérifiée and vérifiés 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 differ by a single letter - e in “vérifiée” becomes s in “vérifiés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53270, 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\. vérifiés is at rank #29,191, 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 53270, this pair ranks #141,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vérifiée vs vérifiés
Shared letters: firvé. Private to "vérifiée": e. Private to "vérifiés": s.
"vérifiée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV · "vérifiés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vérifiée" for "vérifiés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vérifiée" or "vérifiés"?
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 "vérifiée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vérifiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vérifiée" and "vérifiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vérifient vs vérifiés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #141,914 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.