conflictuellevsconflictuellesTell them apart

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“conflictuelle” and “conflictuelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,236
“conflictuelle” frequency rank
#47,804
“conflictuelles” frequency rank
90040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conflictuelle conflictuelles
Definition Féminin singulier de conflictuel. Féminin pluriel de conflictuel.

Same sound, different letters: conflictuelle vs conflictuelles

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. conflictuelle runs 13 letters (CVCCCVCCVVCCV) against conflictuelles's 14 (CVCCCVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
conflictuelle
14 ch
conflictuelles

Same sound, different spelling - conflictuelle / conflictuelles

This is the hard kind. conflictuelle and conflictuelles are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.flik.tɥɛl\) 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) - “conflictuelle” sits inside “conflictuelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conflictuelle is recorded at frequency rank #42,236, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.flik.tɥɛl\. conflictuelles is at rank #47,804, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.flik.tɥɛl\.

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 90040, this pair ranks #5,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conflictuelle vs conflictuelles

Shared letters: cefilnotu. Private to "conflictuelle": -. Private to "conflictuelles": s.

"conflictuelle" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVVCCV  ·  "conflictuelles" · 14 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conflictuelle ← cconflictuelle · cnoflictuelle · cofnlictuelle · confflictuelle · confilctuelle · conflcituelle · conflicctuelle · conflicteulle
  • conflictuelles ← cconflictuelles · cnoflictuelles · cofnlictuelles · confflictuelles · confilctuelles · conflcituelles · conflicctuelles · conflicteulles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conflictuelle" and "conflictuelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.flik.tɥɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "conflictuelle" vs "conflictuelles" - which ranks higher?
"conflictuelle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,236 in our French list, against #47,804 for "conflictuelles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "conflictuelle" / "conflictuelles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conflictuelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conflictuelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #5,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list