Which to use
“délirante” and “délirantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,996
- “délirante” frequency rank
- #39,760
- “délirantes” frequency rank
- 70756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délirante | délirantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de délirant. | Féminin pluriel de délirant. |
Same sound, different letters: délirante vs délirantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. délirante runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against délirantes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - délirante / délirantes
This is the hard kind. délirante and délirantes are pronounced identically (\de.li.ʁɑ̃t\) 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) - “délirante” sits inside “délirantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délirante is recorded at frequency rank #30,996, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.li.ʁɑ̃t\. délirantes is at rank #39,760, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.li.ʁɑ̃t\.
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 70756, this pair ranks #50,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délirante vs délirantes
Shared letters: adeilnrté. Private to "délirante": -. Private to "délirantes": s.
"délirante" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "délirantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "délirante" and "délirantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "délirante" or "délirantes"?
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 "délirante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "délirantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délirante" and "délirantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délirantes vs délirants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #50,143 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.