désagréable vs désagréables

Which to use

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

#8,696
“désagréable” frequency rank: #22,835
“désagréables” frequency rank: 31531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	désagréable	désagréables
Definition	Qui déplaît, de quelque manière que ce soit.	Pluriel de désagréable.

Same sound, different letters: désagréable vs désagréables

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. désagréable runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVVCCV) against désagréables's 12 (CVCVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

désagréable

12 ch

désagréables

Homophone desk: désagréable vs désagréables

This is the hard kind. désagréable and désagréables are pronounced identically (\de.za.ɡʁe.abl\) 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) - “désagréable” sits inside “désagréables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

désagréable is recorded at frequency rank #8,696, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.za.ɡʁe.abl\. désagréables is at rank #22,835, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.za.ɡʁe.abl\.

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 31531, this pair ranks #303,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of désagréable vs désagréables

Shared letters: abdeglrsé. Private to "désagréable": -. Private to "désagréables": -.

"désagréable" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCV · "désagréables" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "désagréable" and "désagréables" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\de.za.ɡʁe.abl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "désagréable" or "désagréables"?

"désagréable" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,696 in our French list, against #22,835 for "désagréables". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"désagréable" and "désagréables" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "désagréable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "désagréables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #303,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #303,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.