analysevsanalysentConfusable pair

Quick tell: analyse is a noun, analysent is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“analyse” is a noun and “analysent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,017
“analyse” frequency rank
#32,674
“analysent” frequency rank
33691
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature analyse analysent
Definition Résolution d’un tout en ses parties. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe analyser.

Same sound, different letters: analyse vs analysent

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. analyse runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against analysent's 9 (VCVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
analyse
9 ch
analysent

Homophone desk: analyse vs analysent

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: analyse and analysent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.na.liz\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “analyse” sits inside “analysent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

analyse is recorded at frequency rank #1,017, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.na.liz\. analysent is at rank #32,674, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.na.liz\.

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 33691, this pair ranks #288,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of analyse vs analysent

Shared letters: aelnsy. Private to "analyse": -. Private to "analysent": t.

"analyse" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "analysent" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • analyse ← aanlyse · anallyse · analsye · analyes · analysse · analyyse · anaylse · anlayse
  • analysent ← aanlysent · anallysent · analsyent · analyesnt · analysennt · analysentt · analysetn · analysnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "analyse" for "analysent" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "analyse" is a noun and "analysent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "analyse" or "analysent" show up more?
"analyse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,017 in our French list, against #32,674 for "analysent". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "analyse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "analysent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #288,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "analyse" and "analysent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "analysent vs analysons". 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 #288,934 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