Which to use
“bisexuel” is an adjective and “bisexuels” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,474
- “bisexuel” frequency rank
- #45,476
- “bisexuels” frequency rank
- 90950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bisexuel | bisexuels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une personne attirée sexuellement par les hommes, les femmes et/ou les personnes ayant d’autres genres (cela inclut l'attirance sentimentalement, même si le mot est utilisé comme un abus de langage dans ce contexte). | Pluriel de bisexuel. |
Same sound, different letters: bisexuel vs bisexuels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. bisexuel runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against bisexuels's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: bisexuel vs bisexuels
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: bisexuel and bisexuels carry the same recorded pronunciation, \bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bisexuel” sits inside “bisexuels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bisexuel is recorded at frequency rank #45,474, classified as anadj, pronounced \bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\. bisexuels is at rank #45,476, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\.
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 90950, this pair ranks #4,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bisexuel vs bisexuels
Shared letters: beilsux. Private to "bisexuel": -. Private to "bisexuels": -.
"bisexuel" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "bisexuels" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bisexuel" for "bisexuels" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "bisexuel" or "bisexuels" show up more?
What to do next
"bisexuel" and "bisexuels" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "bisexuel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bisexuels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bisexuel" and "bisexuels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bisexuelle vs bisexuels". 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 #4,302 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.