Which to use
“dépendante” and “dépendantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,607
- “dépendante” frequency rank
- #23,188
- “dépendantes” frequency rank
- 39795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dépendante | dépendantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dépendant. | Féminin pluriel de dépendant. |
Same sound, different letters: dépendante vs dépendantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. dépendante runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against dépendantes's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - dépendante / dépendantes
This is the hard kind. dépendante and dépendantes are pronounced identically (\de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃t\) 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) - “dépendante” sits inside “dépendantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dépendante is recorded at frequency rank #16,607, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃t\. 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 39795, this pair ranks #245,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dépendante vs dépendantes
Shared letters: adenpté. Private to "dépendante": -. Private to "dépendantes": s.
"dépendante" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "dépendantes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dépendante" and "dépendantes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dépendante" or "dépendantes" show up more?
Useful next steps
"dépendante" and "dépendantes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dépendante" 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 #245,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dépendante" and "dépendantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépendante vs dépensant". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #245,320 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.