analysevsanalysesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,017
“analyse” frequency rank
#4,120
“analyses” frequency rank
5137
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature analyse analyses
Definition Résolution d’un tout en ses parties. Pluriel de analyse.

Same sound, different letters: analyse vs analyses

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
analyse
8 ch
analyses

Homophone desk: analyse vs analyses

This is the hard kind. analyse and analyses are pronounced identically (\a.na.liz\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “analyse” sits inside “analyses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5137, 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\. analyses is at rank #4,120, tagged as anoun, 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 5137, this pair ranks #429,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of analyse vs analyses

Shared letters: aelnsy. Private to "analyse": -. Private to "analyses": -.

"analyse" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "analyses" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • analyseaanlyse · anallyse · analsye · analyes · analysse · analyyse · anaylse · anlayse
  • analysesaanlyses · anallyses · analsyes · analyess · analysess · analysses · analyyses · anaylses

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "analyse" and "analyses" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.na.liz\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "analyse" or "analyses"?
"analyse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,017 in our French list, against #4,120 for "analyses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "analyse" / "analyses". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "analyse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "analyses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #429,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "analyse" and "analyses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "analyses 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 #429,798 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