Which to use
“distante” and “distantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,983
- “distante” frequency rank
- #45,551
- “distantes” frequency rank
- 66534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | distante | distantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de distant. | Féminin pluriel de distant. |
Same sound, different letters: distante vs distantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - distante and distantes
This is the hard kind. distante and distantes are pronounced identically (\dis.tɑ̃t\) 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) - “distante” sits inside “distantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
distante is recorded at frequency rank #20,983, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.tɑ̃t\. distantes is at rank #45,551, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.tɑ̃t\.
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 66534, this pair ranks #67,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of distante vs distantes
Shared letters: adeinst. Private to "distante": -. Private to "distantes": -.
"distante" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "distantes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "distante" and "distantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "distante" or "distantes" show up more?
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 "distante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "distantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "distante" and "distantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "distancer vs distantes". 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 #67,397 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.