Which to use
“anglais” and “anglaises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #475
- “anglais” frequency rank
- #11,169
- “anglaises” frequency rank
- 11644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | anglais | anglaises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à l’Angleterre ou à ses habitants. | Féminin pluriel de anglais. |
Where the eye mixes anglais and anglaises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. anglais runs 7 letters (VCCCVVC) against anglaises's 9 (VCCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: anglais vs anglaises
A purely visual mix-up. anglais (\ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\) and anglaises (\ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\) 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) - “anglais” sits inside “anglaises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
anglais is recorded at frequency rank #475, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡlɛ\. anglaises is at rank #11,169, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\.
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 11644, this pair ranks #408,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of anglais vs anglaises
Shared letters: agilns. Private to "anglais": -. Private to "anglaises": e.
"anglais" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "anglaises" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "anglais" and "anglaises" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "anglais" or "anglaises"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "anglais" and "anglaises" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "anglais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "anglaises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "anglais" and "anglaises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anglaises vs angulaires". 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 #408,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.