actuellevsactuellesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,501
“actuelle” frequency rank
#4,460
“actuelles” frequency rank
5961
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature actuelle actuelles
Definition Féminin singulier de l'adjectif actuel. Féminin pluriel de actuel.

Same sound, different letters: actuelle vs actuelles

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

8 ch
actuelle
9 ch
actuelles

Ear matches; page differs - actuelle and actuelles

This is the hard kind. actuelle and actuelles 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 1 extra letter(s) - “actuelle” sits inside “actuelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

actuelle is recorded at frequency rank #1,501, classified as anadj, pronounced \ak.tɥɛl\. actuelles is at rank #4,460, 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 5961, this pair ranks #427,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of actuelle vs actuelles

Shared letters: aceltu. Private to "actuelle": -. Private to "actuelles": s.

"actuelle" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV  ·  "actuelles" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • actuelleacctuelle · acteulle · acttuelle · actuele · actuelel · actulele · acutelle · atcuelle
  • actuellesacctuelles · acteulles · acttuelles · actuelels · actueles · actuelless · actuellse · actuleles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "actuelle" and "actuelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ak.tɥɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "actuelle" vs "actuelles" - which ranks higher?
"actuelle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,501 in our French list, against #4,460 for "actuelles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "actuelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "actuelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #427,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "actuelle" and "actuelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actuelle vs attelle". 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 #427,571 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