Which to use
“banales” and “banals” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,837
- “banales” frequency rank
- #48,936
- “banals” frequency rank
- 80773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banales | banals |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de banal. | Masculin pluriel de banal (commun, très employé). |
Same sound, different letters: banales vs banals
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: banales vs banals
This is the hard kind. banales and banals are pronounced identically (\ba.nal\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banales is recorded at frequency rank #31,837, classified as anadj, pronounced \ba.nal\. banals is at rank #48,936, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ba.nal\.
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 80773, this pair ranks #20,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of banales vs banals
Shared letters: ablns. Private to "banales": e. Private to "banals": -.
"banales" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "banals" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "banales" and "banals" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "banales" vs "banals" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "banales" / "banals". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "banales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "banals" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banales" and "banals" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banals vs banyuls". 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 #20,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.