Which to use
“dépendant” and “dépendante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,555
- “dépendant” frequency rank
- #16,607
- “dépendante” frequency rank
- 24162
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépendant | dépendante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui dépend de, qui est subordonné à. | Féminin singulier de dépendant. |
Where the eye mixes dépendant and dépendante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dépendant vs dépendante
A purely visual mix-up. dépendant (\de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\) and dépendante (\de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃t\) 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 extra letter(s) - “dépendant” sits inside “dépendante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépendant is recorded at frequency rank #7,555, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\. dépendante is at rank #16,607, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃t\.
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 24162, this pair ranks #348,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dépendant vs dépendante
Shared letters: adenpté. Private to "dépendant": -. Private to "dépendante": -.
"dépendant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "dépendante" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dépendant" for "dépendante" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dépendant" vs "dépendante" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépendant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dépendante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépendant" and "dépendante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépendante vs dépensant". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #348,217 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.