Which to use
“catalane” and “catalanes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,947
- “catalane” frequency rank
- #45,497
- “catalanes” frequency rank
- 66444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | catalane | catalanes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de catalan. | Féminin pluriel de catalan. |
Same sound, different letters: catalane vs catalanes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. catalane runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against catalanes's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: catalane vs catalanes
This is the hard kind. catalane and catalanes are pronounced identically (\ka.ta.lan\) 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) - “catalane” sits inside “catalanes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
catalane is recorded at frequency rank #20,947, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.ta.lan\. catalanes is at rank #45,497, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.ta.lan\.
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 66444, this pair ranks #67,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of catalane vs catalanes
Shared letters: acelnt. Private to "catalane": -. Private to "catalanes": s.
"catalane" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "catalanes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "catalane" for "catalanes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "catalane" vs "catalanes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "catalane" / "catalanes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "catalane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "catalanes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "catalane" and "catalanes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caravanes vs catalanes". 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 #67,811 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.