Which to use
“aucune” and “aucuns” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #342
- “aucune” frequency rank
- #12,311
- “aucuns” frequency rank
- 12653
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aucune | aucuns |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de aucun. | Masculin pluriel de aucun. |
Where the eye mixes aucune and aucuns
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses aucune with aucuns
A purely visual mix-up. aucune (\o.kyn\) and aucuns (\o.kœ̃\) 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 a single letter - e in “aucune” becomes s in “aucuns”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aucune is recorded at frequency rank #342, classified as anadj, pronounced \o.kyn\. aucuns is at rank #12,311, tagged as anadj, pronounced \o.kœ̃\.
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 12653, this pair ranks #404,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aucune vs aucuns
Shared letters: acnu. Private to "aucune": e. Private to "aucuns": s.
"aucune" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV · "aucuns" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aucune" and "aucuns" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "aucune" or "aucuns" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aucune" and "aucuns" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aucune" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aucuns" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #404,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aucune" and "aucuns" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aucuns vs Autun". 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 #404,375 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.