Which to use
“danseuse” and “danseuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,856
- “danseuse” frequency rank
- #18,709
- “danseuses” frequency rank
- 29565
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | danseuse | danseuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui danse. | Pluriel de danseuse. |
Same sound, different letters: danseuse vs danseuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. danseuse runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against danseuses's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - danseuse and danseuses
This is the hard kind. danseuse and danseuses are pronounced identically (\dɑ̃.søz\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “danseuse” sits inside “danseuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
danseuse is recorded at frequency rank #10,856, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɑ̃.søz\. danseuses is at rank #18,709, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɑ̃.søz\.
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 29565, this pair ranks #315,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of danseuse vs danseuses
Shared letters: adensu. Private to "danseuse": -. Private to "danseuses": -.
"danseuse" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "danseuses" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "danseuse" and "danseuses" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "danseuse" or "danseuses"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "danseuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "danseuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "danseuse" and "danseuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "danseurs vs danseuses". 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 #315,876 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.