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

#39,760
“délirantes” frequency rank
#46,723
“délirants” frequency rank
86483
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature délirantes délirants
Definition Féminin pluriel de délirant. Masculin pluriel de délirant.

Where the eye mixes délirantes and délirants

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. délirantes runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCCVC) against délirants's 9 (CVCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
délirantes
9 ch
délirants

Why the eye confuses délirantes with délirants

A purely visual mix-up. délirantes (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

délirantes is recorded at frequency rank #39,760, 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 86483, this pair ranks #9,642 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of délirantes vs délirants

Shared letters: adilnrsté. Private to "délirantes": e. Private to "délirants": -.

"délirantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC  ·  "délirants" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "délirantes" and "délirants" be used interchangeably?
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.
Frequency check: "délirantes" vs "délirants" - which ranks higher?
"délirantes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,760 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "délirantes" 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 #9,642 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "délirantes" and "délirants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délirants vs déviants". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #9,642 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