Which to use
“délicat” and “délicats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,178
- “délicat” frequency rank
- #21,923
- “délicats” frequency rank
- 29101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délicat | délicats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est d’une très grande finesse, très délié. | Masculin pluriel de délicat. |
Same sound, different letters: délicat vs délicats
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. délicat runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against délicats's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: délicat vs délicats
This is the hard kind. délicat and délicats are pronounced identically (\de.li.ka\) 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) - “délicat” sits inside “délicats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délicat is recorded at frequency rank #7,178, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.li.ka\. délicats is at rank #21,923, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.li.ka\.
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 29101, this pair ranks #318,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of délicat vs délicats
Shared letters: acdilté. Private to "délicat": -. Private to "délicats": s.
"délicat" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "délicats" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délicat" and "délicats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "délicat" vs "délicats" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "délicat" / "délicats". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "délicat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délicats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délicat" and "délicats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délicats vs délirants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #318,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.