Which to use
“brutale” and “brutales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,004
- “brutale” frequency rank
- #31,379
- “brutales” frequency rank
- 42383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brutale | brutales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de brutal. | Féminin pluriel de brutal. |
Same sound, different letters: brutale vs brutales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. brutale runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against brutales's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - brutale / brutales
This is the hard kind. brutale and brutales are pronounced identically (\bʁy.tal\) 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) - “brutale” sits inside “brutales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brutale is recorded at frequency rank #11,004, classified as anadj, pronounced \bʁy.tal\. brutales is at rank #31,379, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bʁy.tal\.
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 42383, this pair ranks #226,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brutale vs brutales
Shared letters: abelrtu. Private to "brutale": -. Private to "brutales": s.
"brutale" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "brutales" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "brutale" and "brutales" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "brutale" vs "brutales" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "brutale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brutales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brutale" and "brutales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brutale vs brutaux". 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 #226,042 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.