Which to use
“aucun” and “aucunes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #299
- “aucun” frequency rank
- #17,345
- “aucunes” frequency rank
- 17644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aucun | aucunes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nul ; pas un (associé à une négation : ne, sans …). | Féminin pluriel de aucun. |
Where the eye mixes aucun and aucunes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. aucun runs 5 letters (VVCVC) against aucunes's 7 (VVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses aucun with aucunes
A purely visual mix-up. aucun (\o.kœ̃\) and aucunes (\o.kyn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “aucun” sits inside “aucunes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aucun is recorded at frequency rank #299, classified as anadj, pronounced \o.kœ̃\. aucunes is at rank #17,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced \o.kyn\.
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 17644, this pair ranks #382,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aucun vs aucunes
Shared letters: acnu. Private to "aucun": -. Private to "aucunes": es.
"aucun" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC · "aucunes" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aucun" and "aucunes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "aucun" or "aucunes" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "aucun" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aucunes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aucun" and "aucunes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accuses vs aucunes". 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 #382,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.