Which to use
“distinct” and “distincts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,111
- “distinct” frequency rank
- #11,753
- “distincts” frequency rank
- 27864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | distinct | distincts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est nettement séparé d’une autre, en parlant de certaines choses. | Masculin pluriel de distinct. |
Same sound, different letters: distinct vs distincts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. distinct runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCC) against distincts's 9 (CVCCVCCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: distinct vs distincts
This is the hard kind. distinct and distincts are pronounced identically (\dis.tɛ̃\) 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) - “distinct” sits inside “distincts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
distinct is recorded at frequency rank #16,111, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.tɛ̃\. distincts is at rank #11,753, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.tɛ̃\.
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 27864, this pair ranks #326,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of distinct vs distincts
Shared letters: cdinst. Private to "distinct": -. Private to "distincts": -.
"distinct" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "distincts" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "distinct" and "distincts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "distinct" or "distincts" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "distinct" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "distincts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "distinct" and "distincts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "distinctifs vs distincts". 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 #326,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.