Which to use
“angoisse” and “angoisses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,460
- “angoisse” frequency rank
- #16,801
- “angoisses” frequency rank
- 23261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angoisse | angoisses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Anxiété extrême, accompagnée d’un serrement douloureux à l’épigastre, d’oppression et de palpitation. On l’observe dans plusieurs maladies, surtout dans les affections nerveuses. | Pluriel de angoisse. |
Same sound, different letters: angoisse vs angoisses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. angoisse runs 8 letters (VCCVVCCV) against angoisses's 9 (VCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - angoisse / angoisses
This is the hard kind. angoisse and angoisses are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ɡwas\) 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) - “angoisse” sits inside “angoisses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23261, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
angoisse is recorded at frequency rank #6,460, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡwas\. angoisses is at rank #16,801, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡwas\.
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 23261, this pair ranks #353,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of angoisse vs angoisses
Shared letters: aeginos. Private to "angoisse": -. Private to "angoisses": -.
"angoisse" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "angoisses" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "angoisse" and "angoisses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "angoisse" or "angoisses" show up more?
What to do next
"angoisse" and "angoisses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "angoisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angoisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angoisse" and "angoisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angoissée vs angoisses". 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 #353,504 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.