Which to use
“chatte” and “chattes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,274
- “chatte” frequency rank
- #28,481
- “chattes” frequency rank
- 34755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chatte | chattes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comparable à une chatte : joueur, caresseur, flatteur. | Pluriel de chatte. |
Same sound, different letters: chatte vs chattes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - chatte and chattes
This is the hard kind. chatte and chattes are pronounced identically (\ʃat\) 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) - “chatte” sits inside “chattes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chatte is recorded at frequency rank #6,274, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃat\. chattes is at rank #28,481, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃat\.
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 34755, this pair ranks #281,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chatte vs chattes
Shared letters: aceht. Private to "chatte": -. Private to "chattes": s.
"chatte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "chattes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chatte" for "chattes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "chatte" or "chattes"?
Useful next steps
"chatte" and "chattes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chatte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chattes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chatte" and "chattes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chantres vs chattes". 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 #281,621 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.