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

#20,968
“constitutionnelles” frequency rank
#24,919
“constitutionnels” frequency rank
45887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature constitutionnelles constitutionnels
Definition Féminin pluriel de constitutionnel. Masculin pluriel de constitutionnel.

Same sound, different letters: constitutionnelles vs constitutionnels

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 16 letters. constitutionnelles runs 18 letters (CVCCCVCVCVVCCVCCVC) against constitutionnels's 16 (CVCCCVCVCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

18 ch
constitutionnelles
16 ch
constitutionnels

Ear matches; page differs - constitutionnelles and constitutionnels

This is the hard kind. constitutionnelles and constitutionnels are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

constitutionnelles is recorded at frequency rank #20,968, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl\. constitutionnels is at rank #24,919, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl\.

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 45887, this pair ranks #199,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of constitutionnelles vs constitutionnels

Shared letters: ceilnostu. Private to "constitutionnelles": -. Private to "constitutionnels": -.

"constitutionnelles" · 18 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVVCCVCCVC  ·  "constitutionnels" · 16 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • constitutionnelles ← cconstitutionnelles · cnostitutionnelles · connstitutionnelles · consittutionnelles · consstitutionnelles · constittuionnelles · constittutionnelles · constituitonnelles
  • constitutionnels ← cconstitutionnels · cnostitutionnels · connstitutionnels · consittutionnels · consstitutionnels · constittuionnels · constittutionnels · constituitonnels

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "constitutionnelles" and "constitutionnels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ.nɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "constitutionnelles" vs "constitutionnels" - which ranks higher?
"constitutionnelles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,968 in our French list, against #24,919 for "constitutionnels". 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 "constitutionnelles" / "constitutionnels". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "constitutionnelles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "constitutionnels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #199,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "constitutionnelles" and "constitutionnels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constitutionnelle vs constitutionnels". 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 #199,285 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