annulévsannulentTell them apart

Quick tell: annulé is a adjective, annulent is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“annulé” is an adjective and “annulent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,364
“annulé” frequency rank
#37,654
“annulent” frequency rank
44018
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature annulé annulent
Definition Qui a pris une valeur nulle. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe annuler.

Where the eye mixes annulé and annulent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. annulé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against annulent's 8 (VCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
annulé
8 ch
annulent

Look-alike desk: annulé vs annulent

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: annulé is \a.ny.le\ while annulent is \a.nyl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

annulé is recorded at frequency rank #6,364, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ny.le\. annulent is at rank #37,654, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.nyl\.

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 44018, this pair ranks #213,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of annulé vs annulent

Shared letters: alnu. Private to "annulé": é. Private to "annulent": et.

"annulé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "annulent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • annulent ← annluent · annuelnt · annulennt · annulentt · annuletn · annullent · annulnet · anulent

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "annulé" and "annulent" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "annulé" is an adjective and "annulent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "annulé" vs "annulent" - which ranks higher?
"annulé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,364 in our French list, against #37,654 for "annulent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "annulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "annulent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #213,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "annulé" and "annulent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annulant vs annulent". 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 #213,679 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