Which to use
“directe” and “directes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,067
- “directe” frequency rank
- #10,688
- “directes” frequency rank
- 13755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | directe | directes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de direct. | Féminin pluriel de direct. |
Same sound, different letters: directe vs directes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - directe and directes
This is the hard kind. directe and directes are pronounced identically (\di.ʁɛkt\) 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) - “directe” sits inside “directes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
directe is recorded at frequency rank #3,067, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.ʁɛkt\. directes is at rank #10,688, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.ʁɛkt\.
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 13755, this pair ranks #399,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of directe vs directes
Shared letters: cdeirt. Private to "directe": -. Private to "directes": s.
"directe" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "directes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "directe" and "directes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "directe" or "directes" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "directe" / "directes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "directe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "directes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "directe" and "directes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "directes vs director". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #399,681 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.