Which to use
“embarrassante” and “embarrassantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,014
- “embarrassante” frequency rank
- #48,488
- “embarrassantes” frequency rank
- 83502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | embarrassante | embarrassantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de embarrassant. | Féminin pluriel de embarrassant. |
Same sound, different letters: embarrassante vs embarrassantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. embarrassante runs 13 letters (VCCVCCVCCVCCV) against embarrassantes's 14 (VCCVCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - embarrassante / embarrassantes
This is the hard kind. embarrassante and embarrassantes are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɑ̃t\) 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) - “embarrassante” sits inside “embarrassantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
embarrassante is recorded at frequency rank #35,014, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɑ̃t\. embarrassantes is at rank #48,488, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɑ̃t\.
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 83502, this pair ranks #14,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of embarrassante vs embarrassantes
Shared letters: abemnrst. Private to "embarrassante": -. Private to "embarrassantes": -.
"embarrassante" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCCV · "embarrassantes" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- embarrassante ← ebmarrassante · emabrrassante · embararssante · embarassante · embarrasante · embarrasasnte · embarrassanet · embarrassannte
- embarrassantes ← ebmarrassantes · emabrrassantes · embararssantes · embarassantes · embarrasantes · embarrasasntes · embarrassanets · embarrassanntes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "embarrassante" and "embarrassantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "embarrassante" or "embarrassantes"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "embarrassante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "embarrassantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "embarrassante" and "embarrassantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "embarrassant vs embarrassantes". 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 #14,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.