Which to use
“apparent” and “apparents” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,545
- “apparent” frequency rank
- #36,705
- “apparents” frequency rank
- 53250
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apparent | apparents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est visible, évident, manifeste. | Masculin pluriel de apparent. |
Same sound, different letters: apparent vs apparents
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: apparent vs apparents
This is the hard kind. apparent and apparents are pronounced identically (\a.pa.ʁɑ̃\) 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) - “apparent” sits inside “apparents”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apparent is recorded at frequency rank #16,545, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.pa.ʁɑ̃\. apparents is at rank #36,705, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.pa.ʁɑ̃\.
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 53250, this pair ranks #142,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apparent vs apparents
Shared letters: aenprt. Private to "apparent": -. Private to "apparents": s.
"apparent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "apparents" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apparent" for "apparents" ever safe?
Which is more common, "apparent" or "apparents"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "apparent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apparents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apparent" and "apparents" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apparentées vs apparents". 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 #142,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.