Which to use
“dominant” and “dominantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,813
- “dominant” frequency rank
- #20,698
- “dominantes” frequency rank
- 28511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dominant | dominantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui domine, qui a la prépondérance, qui prévaut. | Féminin pluriel de dominant. |
Where the eye mixes dominant and dominantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. dominant runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against dominantes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dominant and dominantes
A purely visual mix-up. dominant (\dɔ.mi.nɑ̃\) and dominantes (\dɔ.mi.nɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “dominant” sits inside “dominantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dominant is recorded at frequency rank #7,813, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.mi.nɑ̃\. 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 28511, this pair ranks #322,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dominant vs dominantes
Shared letters: adimnot. Private to "dominant": -. Private to "dominantes": es.
"dominant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "dominantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dominant ← ddominant · dmoinant · doimnant · domiannt · dominannt · dominantt · dominatn · dominnant
- dominantes ← ddominantes · dmoinantes · doimnantes · domianntes · dominanets · dominanntes · dominantess · dominantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dominant" and "dominantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dominant" or "dominantes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dominant" and "dominantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dominant" 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 #322,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dominant" and "dominantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dominaient vs dominant". 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 #322,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.