Which to use
“atrocité” and “atrocités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,749
- “atrocité” frequency rank
- #18,121
- “atrocités” frequency rank
- 60870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | atrocité | atrocités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Extrême cruauté. | Pluriel de atrocité. |
Same sound, different letters: atrocité vs atrocités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. atrocité runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against atrocités's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - atrocité / atrocités
This is the hard kind. atrocité and atrocités are pronounced identically (\a.tʁɔ.si.te\) 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) - “atrocité” sits inside “atrocités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
atrocité is recorded at frequency rank #42,749, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.tʁɔ.si.te\. atrocités is at rank #18,121, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.tʁɔ.si.te\.
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 60870, this pair ranks #95,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of atrocité vs atrocités
Shared letters: aciorté. Private to "atrocité": -. Private to "atrocités": s.
"atrocité" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "atrocités" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "atrocité" and "atrocités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "atrocité" vs "atrocités" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"atrocité" and "atrocités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "atrocité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atrocités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "atrocité" and "atrocités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atroce vs atrocité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #95,354 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.