Which to use
“verrouillée” is an adjective and “verrouiller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,675
- “verrouillée” frequency rank
- #28,014
- “verrouiller” frequency rank
- 70689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verrouillée | verrouiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de verrouillé. | Fermer au verrou. |
Same sound, different letters: verrouillée vs verrouiller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. verrouillée (CVCCVVVCCVV) and verrouiller (CVCCVVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: verrouillée vs verrouiller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: verrouillée and verrouiller carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ve.ʁu.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 70689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verrouillée is recorded at frequency rank #42,675, classified as anadj, pronounced \ve.ʁu.je\. verrouiller is at rank #28,014, tagged as averb, pronounced \ve.ʁu.je\.
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 70689, this pair ranks #50,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of verrouillée vs verrouiller
Shared letters: eiloruv. Private to "verrouillée": é. Private to "verrouiller": -.
"verrouillée" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVVCCVV · "verrouiller" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verrouiller ← evrrouiller · veroruiller · verouiller · verroiuller · verrouilelr · verrouiler · verrouillerr · verrouillre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "verrouillée" and "verrouiller" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "verrouillée" or "verrouiller"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "verrouillée" / "verrouiller". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "verrouillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "verrouiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verrouillée" and "verrouiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verrouille vs verrouillée". 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 #50,411 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.