Which to use
“dominance” is a noun and “dominantes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,469
- “dominance” frequency rank
- #20,698
- “dominantes” frequency rank
- 56167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dominance | dominantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exercice d’une influence ou d’une action prépondérante ; état qui en résulte. | Féminin pluriel de dominant. |
Where the eye mixes dominance and dominantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. dominance runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against dominantes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dominance vs dominantes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dominance is \dɔ.mi.nɑ̃s\ while dominantes is \dɔ.mi.nɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dominance is recorded at frequency rank #35,469, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.mi.nɑ̃s\. dominantes is at rank #20,698, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.mi.nɑ̃t\.
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 56167, this pair ranks #122,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dominance vs dominantes
Shared letters: adeimno. Private to "dominance": c. Private to "dominantes": st.
"dominance" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "dominantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dominance ← ddominance · dmoinance · doimnance · domiannce · dominacne · dominancce · dominanec · dominannce
- dominantes ← ddominantes · dmoinantes · doimnantes · domianntes · dominanets · dominanntes · dominantess · dominantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dominance" for "dominantes" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dominance" or "dominantes" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dominance" and "dominantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dominance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dominantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dominance" and "dominantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dominance vs dominants". 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 #122,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.