Which to use
“antenne” and “antennes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,423
- “antenne” frequency rank
- #10,273
- “antennes” frequency rank
- 15696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antenne | antennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Longue vergue qui s’attache obliquement au mât, pour soutenir une voile triangulaire. | Pluriel de antenne. |
Same sound, different letters: antenne vs antennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. antenne runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against antennes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: antenne vs antennes
This is the hard kind. antenne and antennes are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.tɛn\) 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) - “antenne” sits inside “antennes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antenne is recorded at frequency rank #5,423, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɛn\. antennes is at rank #10,273, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɛn\.
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 15696, this pair ranks #391,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of antenne vs antennes
Shared letters: aent. Private to "antenne": -. Private to "antennes": s.
"antenne" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "antennes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "antenne" and "antennes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "antenne" vs "antennes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"antenne" and "antennes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "antenne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "antennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "antenne" and "antennes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antenne vs atténue". 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 #391,218 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.