Which to use
“bruyant” and “bruyantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,561
- “bruyant” frequency rank
- #43,314
- “bruyantes” frequency rank
- 59875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bruyant | bruyantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui fait du bruit ou qui est accompagné de bruit. | Féminin pluriel de bruyant. |
Where the eye mixes bruyant and bruyantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. bruyant runs 7 letters (CCVVVCC) against bruyantes's 9 (CCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between bruyant and bruyantes
A purely visual mix-up. bruyant (\bʁɥi.jɑ̃\) and bruyantes (\bʁɥi.jɑ̃t\) 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) - “bruyant” sits inside “bruyantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bruyant is recorded at frequency rank #16,561, classified as anadj, pronounced \bʁɥi.jɑ̃\. bruyantes is at rank #43,314, tagged as anadj, pronounced \bʁɥi.jɑ̃t\.
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 59875, this pair ranks #100,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bruyant vs bruyantes
Shared letters: abnrtuy. Private to "bruyant": -. Private to "bruyantes": es.
"bruyant" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCC · "bruyantes" · 9 letters · shape CCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bruyant" and "bruyantes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "bruyant" or "bruyantes" show up more?
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 "bruyant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bruyantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bruyant" and "bruyantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brûlantes vs bruyantes". 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 #100,734 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.