Which to use
“atteint” and “atteints” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,283
- “atteint” frequency rank
- #7,526
- “atteints” frequency rank
- 8809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | atteint | atteints |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Touché, blessé, diminué. | Masculin pluriel de atteint. |
Same sound, different letters: atteint vs atteints
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - atteint and atteints
This is the hard kind. atteint and atteints are pronounced identically (\a.tɛ̃\) 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) - “atteint” sits inside “atteints”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
atteint is recorded at frequency rank #1,283, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.tɛ̃\. atteints is at rank #7,526, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.tɛ̃\.
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 8809, this pair ranks #418,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of atteint vs atteints
Shared letters: aeint. Private to "atteint": -. Private to "atteints": s.
"atteint" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "atteints" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "atteint" and "atteints" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "atteint" vs "atteints" - which ranks higher?
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 "atteint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atteints" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "atteint" and "atteints" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atteins vs atteints". 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 #418,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.