Which to use
“dépendant” and “dépendantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,555
- “dépendant” frequency rank
- #23,188
- “dépendantes” frequency rank
- 30743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépendant | dépendantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui dépend de, qui est subordonné à. | Féminin pluriel de dépendant. |
Where the eye mixes dépendant and dépendantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. dépendant runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against dépendantes's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dépendant with dépendantes
A purely visual mix-up. dépendant (\de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\) and dépendantes (\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 2 extra letter(s) - “dépendant” sits inside “dépendantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30743, 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\. dépendantes is at rank #23,188, 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 30743, this pair ranks #308,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dépendant vs dépendantes
Shared letters: adenpté. Private to "dépendant": -. Private to "dépendantes": s.
"dépendant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "dépendantes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dépendant" and "dépendantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dépendant" or "dépendantes"?
After this comparison
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 "dépendantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépendant" and "dépendantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépendant vs dépensant". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #308,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.