Which to use
“bactérienne” and “bactériennes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,238
- “bactérienne” frequency rank
- #42,759
- “bactériennes” frequency rank
- 71997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bactérienne | bactériennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de bactérien. | Féminin pluriel de bactérien. |
Same sound, different letters: bactérienne vs bactériennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. bactérienne runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVVCCV) against bactériennes's 12 (CVCCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - bactérienne and bactériennes
This is the hard kind. bactérienne and bactériennes are pronounced identically (\bak.te.ʁjɛn\) 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) - “bactérienne” sits inside “bactériennes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bactérienne is recorded at frequency rank #29,238, classified as anadj, pronounced \bak.te.ʁjɛn\. bactériennes is at rank #42,759, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bak.te.ʁjɛn\.
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 71997, this pair ranks #45,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bactérienne vs bactériennes
Shared letters: abceinrté. Private to "bactérienne": -. Private to "bactériennes": s.
"bactérienne" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV · "bactériennes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bactérienne" and "bactériennes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "bactérienne" vs "bactériennes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"bactérienne" and "bactériennes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "bactérienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bactériennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #45,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.