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Fiancé vs. Fiancée

Male versus female engaged partner (French loan).

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Her fiancé (female) is a lawyer.

✓ Correct

Her fiancée is a lawyer.

The ruleii

FIANCÉ (m). FIANCÉE (f).

FIANCÉ (one E) is masculine — a man engaged to be married. FIANCÉE (two Es) is feminine. Same pronunciation; the spelling marks gender from French.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Extra E = fEmale.

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