# descente vs descentes

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### descente
*noun · IPA \de.sɑ̃t\ · frequency rank #4,662*
Action de descendre, d’aller vers le bas.

### descentes
*noun · IPA \de.sɑ̃t\ · frequency rank #24,538*
Pluriel de descente.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/descente-vs-descentes