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“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.

10 ch
antisémite
11 ch
antisémites

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɑ̃.ti.se.mit\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "antisémite" vs "antisémites" - which ranks higher?
"antisémite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,908 in our French list, against #14,196 for "antisémites". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list