Which to use
“aliéné” and “aliénés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,113
- “aliéné” frequency rank
- #36,697
- “aliénés” frequency rank
- 77810
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aliéné | aliénés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sous une emprise impérieuse. | Masculin pluriel de aliéné. |
Same sound, different letters: aliéné vs aliénés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. aliéné runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against aliénés's 7 (VCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - aliéné / aliénés
This is the hard kind. aliéné and aliénés are pronounced identically (\a.lje.ne\) 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) - “aliéné” sits inside “aliénés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aliéné is recorded at frequency rank #41,113, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.lje.ne\. aliénés is at rank #36,697, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.lje.ne\.
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 77810, this pair ranks #27,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aliéné vs aliénés
Shared letters: ailné. Private to "aliéné": -. Private to "aliénés": s.
"aliéné" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "aliénés" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aliéné" and "aliénés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "aliéné" or "aliénés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "aliéné" / "aliénés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "aliéné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aliénés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aliéné" and "aliénés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aliéné vs alizé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #27,384 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.