différent
French, adjective
différent is spelled D-I-F-F-É-R-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Différent is a French adjective meaning “different” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, diffèrent is a different word: “third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of différer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas pareil ; qui est autre ou distinct”.
What does différent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
different
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of différer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas pareil ; qui est autre ou distinct. 2. Qui souffre d’un handicap.
noun: 1. Marque permettant de différencier un poinçon d’atelier ou d’artisan, représentée par une lettre ou un symbole.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of différent
- différente feminine
- différents masculine plural
- différentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to différent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is différent in French?
différent appears 47 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).