Which to use
“dernière” is a noun and “dernières” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #353
- “dernière” frequency rank
- #936
- “dernières” frequency rank
- 1289
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dernière | dernières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui arrive après tous les autres. | Féminin pluriel de dernier. |
Same sound, different letters: dernière vs dernières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - dernière and dernières
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dernière and dernières carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dɛʁ.njɛʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dernière” sits inside “dernières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1289, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dernière is recorded at frequency rank #353, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɛʁ.njɛʁ\. dernières is at rank #936, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɛʁ.njɛʁ\.
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 1289, this pair ranks #438,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dernière vs dernières
Shared letters: deinrè. Private to "dernière": -. Private to "dernières": s.
"dernière" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "dernières" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dernière" for "dernières" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dernière" vs "dernières" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dernière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dernières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dernière" and "dernières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dénigre vs dernière". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #438,306 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.