Which to use
“actuel” and “actuelle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,384
- “actuel” frequency rank
- #1,501
- “actuelle” frequency rank
- 2885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | actuel | actuelle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est présent, qui a lieu, ou qui a cours, qui est usité dans le moment présent. | Féminin singulier de l'adjectif actuel. |
Same sound, different letters: actuel vs actuelle
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - actuel / actuelle
This is the hard kind. actuel and actuelle are pronounced identically (\ak.tɥɛl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “actuel” sits inside “actuelle”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
actuel is recorded at frequency rank #1,384, classified as anadj, pronounced \ak.tɥɛl\. actuelle is at rank #1,501, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ak.tɥɛl\.
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 2885, this pair ranks #435,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of actuel vs actuelle
Shared letters: aceltu. Private to "actuel": -. Private to "actuelle": -.
"actuel" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "actuelle" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "actuel" for "actuelle" ever safe?
Frequency check: "actuel" vs "actuelle" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "actuel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "actuelle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "actuel" and "actuelle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actée vs actuel". 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 #435,286 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.