Which to use
“australe” and “australes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,968
- “australe” frequency rank
- #41,657
- “australes” frequency rank
- 68625
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | australe | australes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) | Pluriel de austral. |
Same sound, different letters: australe vs australes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. australe runs 8 letters (VVCCCVCV) against australes's 9 (VVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - australe / australes
This is the hard kind. australe and australes are pronounced identically (\os.tʁal\) 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) - “australe” sits inside “australes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
australe is recorded at frequency rank #26,968, classified as anoun, pronounced \os.tʁal\. australes is at rank #41,657, tagged as anoun, pronounced \os.tʁal\.
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 68625, this pair ranks #58,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of australe vs australes
Shared letters: aelrstu. Private to "australe": -. Private to "australes": -.
"australe" · 8 letters · shape VVCCCVCV · "australes" · 9 letters · shape VVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "australe" for "australes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "australe" vs "australes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "australe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "australes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "australe" and "australes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "austral vs australes". 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 #58,387 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.