Which to use
“analyste” and “analystes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,310
- “analyste” frequency rank
- #16,294
- “analystes” frequency rank
- 29604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | analyste | analystes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui ou celle qui est versé dans l’analyse mathématique. | Pluriel de analyste. |
Same sound, different letters: analyste vs analystes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: analyste vs analystes
This is the hard kind. analyste and analystes are pronounced identically (\a.na.list\) 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) - “analyste” sits inside “analystes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
analyste is recorded at frequency rank #13,310, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.na.list\. analystes is at rank #16,294, 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 29604, this pair ranks #315,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of analyste vs analystes
Shared letters: aelnsty. Private to "analyste": -. Private to "analystes": -.
"analyste" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV · "analystes" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "analyste" and "analystes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "analyste" or "analystes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "analyste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "analystes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "analyste" and "analystes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "analysons vs analystes". 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 #315,635 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.