Which to use
“brûlant” and “brûlantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,617
- “brûlant” frequency rank
- #49,534
- “brûlantes” frequency rank
- 64151
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brûlant | brûlantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est trop chaud pour être supporté ; qui est extrêmement chaud au toucher. | Féminin pluriel de brûlant. |
Where the eye mixes brûlant and brûlantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. brûlant runs 7 letters (CCVCVCC) against brûlantes's 9 (CCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between brûlant and brûlantes
A purely visual mix-up. brûlant (\bʁy.lɑ̃\) and brûlantes (\bʁy.lɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “brûlant” sits inside “brûlantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64151, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brûlant is recorded at frequency rank #14,617, classified as anadj, pronounced \bʁy.lɑ̃\. brûlantes is at rank #49,534, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bʁy.lɑ̃t\.
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 64151, this pair ranks #78,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of brûlant vs brûlantes
Shared letters: ablnrtû. Private to "brûlant": -. Private to "brûlantes": es.
"brûlant" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC · "brûlantes" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "brûlant" and "brûlantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "brûlant" or "brûlantes"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "brûlant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brûlantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brûlant" and "brûlantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brûlantes vs brûlants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #78,448 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.