analysesvsanalysteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#4,120
“analyses” frequency rank
#13,310
“analyste” frequency rank
17430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature analyses analyste
Definition Pluriel de analyse. Celui ou celle qui est versé dans l’analyse mathématique.

Where the eye mixes analyses and analyste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
analyses
8 ch
analyste

Look-alike desk: analyses vs analyste

A purely visual mix-up. analyses (\a.na.liz\) and analyste (\a.na.list\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

analyses is recorded at frequency rank #4,120, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.na.liz\. analyste is at rank #13,310, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.na.list\.

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 17430, this pair ranks #383,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of analyses vs analyste

Shared letters: aelnsy. Private to "analyses": -. Private to "analyste": t.

"analyses" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "analyste" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • analysesaanlyses · anallyses · analsyes · analyess · analysess · analysses · analyyses · anaylses
  • analysteaanlyste · anallyste · analsyte · analyset · analysste · analystte · analytse · analyyste

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "analyses" and "analyste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.na.liz\ versus \a.na.list\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "analyses" or "analyste"?
"analyses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,120 in our French list, against #13,310 for "analyste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "analyses" and "analyste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "analyses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "analyste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #383,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "analyses" and "analyste" 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 #383,207 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