Which to use
“australienne” and “australiennes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,521
- “australienne” frequency rank
- #26,969
- “australiennes” frequency rank
- 39490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | australienne | australiennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Épreuve de cyclisme sur piste disputée individuellement dans laquelle le dernier coureur de chaque sprint intermédiaire est éliminé. | Œillères australiennes. |
Same sound, different letters: australienne vs australiennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. australienne runs 12 letters (VVCCCVCVVCCV) against australiennes's 13 (VVCCCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - australienne / australiennes
This is the hard kind. australienne and australiennes are pronounced identically (\os.tʁa.ljɛn\) 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) - “australienne” sits inside “australiennes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
australienne is recorded at frequency rank #12,521, classified as anoun, pronounced \os.tʁa.ljɛn\. australiennes is at rank #26,969, tagged as anoun, pronounced \os.tʁa.ljɛn\.
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 39490, this pair ranks #247,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of australienne vs australiennes
Shared letters: aeilnrstu. Private to "australienne": -. Private to "australiennes": -.
"australienne" · 12 letters · shape VVCCCVCVVCCV · "australiennes" · 13 letters · shape VVCCCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- australienne ← asutralienne · ausrtalienne · ausstralienne · austarlienne · austrailenne · australeinne · australiene · australienen
- australiennes ← asutraliennes · ausrtaliennes · ausstraliennes · austarliennes · austrailennes · australeinnes · australienens · australienes
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "australienne" / "australiennes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "australienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "australiennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "australienne" and "australiennes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "australiennes vs australiens". 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 #247,547 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.