# animale vs animant

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### animale
*noun · IPA \a.ni.mal\ · frequency rank #7,143*
Animal femelle.

### animant
*verb · IPA \a.ni.mɑ̃\ · frequency rank #48,330*
Participe présent du verbe animer.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/animale-vs-animant