Which to use
“allemand” and “allemandes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,314
- “allemand” frequency rank
- #7,140
- “allemandes” frequency rank
- 8454
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allemand | allemandes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à l’Allemagne ; originaire d’Allemagne. | Féminin pluriel de allemand. |
Where the eye mixes allemand and allemandes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. allemand runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against allemandes's 10 (VCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: allemand vs allemandes
A purely visual mix-up. allemand (\al.mɑ̃\) and allemandes (\al.mɑ̃d\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “allemand” sits inside “allemandes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allemand is recorded at frequency rank #1,314, classified as anadj, pronounced \al.mɑ̃\. allemandes is at rank #7,140, tagged as anadj, pronounced \al.mɑ̃d\.
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 8454, this pair ranks #419,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of allemand vs allemandes
Shared letters: adelmn. Private to "allemand": -. Private to "allemandes": s.
"allemand" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "allemandes" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- allemand ← alelmand · alemand · alleamnd · allemadn · allemandd · allemannd · allemmand · allemnad
- allemandes ← alelmandes · alemandes · alleamndes · allemadnes · allemanddes · allemandess · allemandse · allemaneds
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "allemand" and "allemandes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "allemand" or "allemandes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "allemand" and "allemandes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "allemand" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allemandes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allemand" and "allemandes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Allemande vs allemandes". 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 #419,972 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.