Which to use
“antisémite” and “antisémites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,908
- “antisémite” frequency rank
- #14,196
- “antisémites” frequency rank
- 26104
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antisémite | antisémites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui fait preuve d’antisémitisme, qui est hostile aux Juifs. | Pluriel de antisémite. |
Same sound, different letters: antisémite vs antisémites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. antisémite runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVCV) against antisémites's 11 (VCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - antisémite / antisémites
This is the hard kind. antisémite and antisémites are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ti.se.mit\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “antisémite” sits inside “antisémites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antisémite is recorded at frequency rank #11,908, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.se.mit\. antisémites is at rank #14,196, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ti.se.mit\.
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 26104, this pair ranks #337,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of antisémite vs antisémites
Shared letters: aeimnsté. Private to "antisémite": -. Private to "antisémites": -.
"antisémite" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV · "antisémites" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "antisémite" and "antisémites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "antisémite" vs "antisémites" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "antisémite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "antisémites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #337,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.