Which to use
“araignée” and “araignées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,449
- “araignée” frequency rank
- #12,905
- “araignées” frequency rank
- 23354
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | araignée | araignées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Toile faite par l’aragne (l’araignée). | Pluriel de araignée. |
Same sound, different letters: araignée vs araignées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. araignée runs 8 letters (VCVVCCVV) against araignées's 9 (VCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - araignée and araignées
This is the hard kind. araignée and araignées are pronounced identically (\a.ʁɛ.ɲe\) 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) - “araignée” sits inside “araignées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
araignée is recorded at frequency rank #10,449, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁɛ.ɲe\. araignées is at rank #12,905, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁɛ.ɲe\.
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 23354, this pair ranks #352,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of araignée vs araignées
Shared letters: aeginré. Private to "araignée": -. Private to "araignées": s.
"araignée" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVV · "araignées" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "araignée" and "araignées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "araignée" or "araignées"?
After this comparison
"araignée" and "araignées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "araignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "araignées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "araignée" and "araignées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "araignées vs assignées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #352,985 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.