Which to use
“cognitifs” and “cognitives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,103
- “cognitifs” frequency rank
- #20,393
- “cognitives” frequency rank
- 48496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cognitifs | cognitives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de cognitif. | Féminin pluriel de cognitif. |
Where the eye mixes cognitifs and cognitives
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. cognitifs runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against cognitives's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cognitifs and cognitives
A purely visual mix-up. cognitifs (\kɔ.ɲi.tif\) and cognitives (\kɔ.ɲi.tiv\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cognitifs is recorded at frequency rank #28,103, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ɲi.tif\. cognitives is at rank #20,393, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ɲi.tiv\.
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 48496, this pair ranks #178,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cognitifs vs cognitives
Shared letters: cginost. Private to "cognitifs": f. Private to "cognitives": ev.
"cognitifs" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "cognitives" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cognitifs ← ccognitifs · cgonitifs · coggnitifs · cogintifs · cogniitfs · cognitfis · cognitiffs · cognitifss
- cognitives ← ccognitives · cgonitives · coggnitives · cogintives · cogniitves · cognitievs · cognitivess · cognitivse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cognitifs" for "cognitives" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cognitifs" or "cognitives" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cognitifs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cognitives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cognitifs" and "cognitives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cognitifs vs cognition". 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 #178,427 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.