Which to use
“bénigne” and “bénignes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,238
- “bénigne” frequency rank
- #48,957
- “bénignes” frequency rank
- 74195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bénigne | bénignes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de bénin. | Féminin pluriel de bénin. |
Same sound, different letters: bénigne vs bénignes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. bénigne runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against bénignes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - bénigne and bénignes
This is the hard kind. bénigne and bénignes are pronounced identically (\be.niɲ\) 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) - “bénigne” sits inside “bénignes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bénigne is recorded at frequency rank #25,238, classified as anadj, pronounced \be.niɲ\. bénignes is at rank #48,957, tagged as anadj, pronounced \be.niɲ\.
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 74195, this pair ranks #37,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bénigne vs bénignes
Shared letters: beginé. Private to "bénigne": -. Private to "bénignes": s.
"bénigne" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "bénignes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bénigne" and "bénignes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "bénigne" or "bénignes" show up more?
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 "bénigne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bénignes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bénigne" and "bénignes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bénignes vs bennes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #37,924 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.