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“vérifiées” and “vérifiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,405
“vérifiées” frequency rank
#29,191
“vérifiés” frequency rank
57596
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vérifiées vérifiés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de vérifier. Participe passé masculin pluriel de vérifier.

Same sound, different letters: vérifiées vs vérifiés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. vérifiées runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVVC) against vérifiés's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
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Same sound, different spelling - vérifiées / vérifiés

This is the hard kind. vérifiées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vérifiées is recorded at frequency rank #28,405, 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 57596, this pair ranks #114,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vérifiées vs vérifiés

Shared letters: firsvé. Private to "vérifiées": e. Private to "vérifiés": -.

"vérifiées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC  ·  "vérifiés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vérifiées" and "vérifiés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ve.ʁi.fje\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "vérifiées" or "vérifiés"?
"vérifiées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,405 in our French list, against #29,191 for "vérifiés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"vérifiées" and "vérifiés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vérifiées" 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 #114,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vérifiées" and "vérifiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vérifient vs vérifiés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #114,079 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