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

#30,996
“délirante” frequency rank
#46,723
“délirants” frequency rank
77719
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature délirante délirants
Definition Féminin singulier de délirant. Masculin pluriel de délirant.

Where the eye mixes délirante and délirants

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. délirante (CVCVCVCCV) and délirants (CVCVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
délirante
9 ch
délirants

Why the eye confuses délirante with délirants

A purely visual mix-up. délirante (\de.li.ʁɑ̃t\) and délirants (\de.li.ʁɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “délirante” becomes s in “délirants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77719, 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\. délirants is at rank #46,723, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.li.ʁɑ̃\.

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 77719, this pair ranks #27,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délirante vs délirants

Shared letters: adilnrté. Private to "délirante": e. Private to "délirants": s.

"délirante" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV  ·  "délirants" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "délirante" and "délirants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\de.li.ʁɑ̃t\ versus \de.li.ʁɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "délirante" or "délirants" show up more?
"délirante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,996 in our French list, against #46,723 for "délirants". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "délirante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "délirants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "délirante" and "délirants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délirants vs déviants". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,623 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