Which to use
“dominante” is a noun and “dominantes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,175
- “dominante” frequency rank
- #20,698
- “dominantes” frequency rank
- 27873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dominante | dominantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Caractéristique prépondérante. | Féminin pluriel de dominant. |
Same sound, different letters: dominante vs dominantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. dominante 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.
Ear matches; page differs - dominante and dominantes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dominante and dominantes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dɔ.mi.nɑ̃t\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dominante” sits inside “dominantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dominante is recorded at frequency rank #7,175, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.mi.nɑ̃t\. 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 27873, this pair ranks #326,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dominante vs dominantes
Shared letters: adeimnot. Private to "dominante": -. Private to "dominantes": s.
"dominante" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "dominantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dominante ← ddominante · dmoinante · doimnante · domiannte · dominanet · dominannte · dominantte · dominatne
- dominantes ← ddominantes · dmoinantes · doimnantes · domianntes · dominanets · dominanntes · dominantess · dominantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dominante" and "dominantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dominante" or "dominantes"?
What to do next
"dominante" and "dominantes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dominante" 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 #326,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dominante" and "dominantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dominance vs dominantes". 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 #326,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.