émouvantevsémouvantesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“émouvante” and “émouvantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,215
“émouvante” frequency rank
#44,825
“émouvantes” frequency rank
66040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émouvante émouvantes
Definition Féminin singulier de émouvant. Féminin pluriel de émouvant.

Same sound, different letters: émouvante vs émouvantes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

9 ch
émouvante
10 ch
émouvantes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. émouvante and émouvantes are pronounced identically (\e.mu.vɑ̃t\) 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) - “émouvante” sits inside “émouvantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

émouvante is recorded at frequency rank #21,215, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.mu.vɑ̃t\. émouvantes is at rank #44,825, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.mu.vɑ̃t\.

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 66040, this pair ranks #69,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of émouvante vs émouvantes

Shared letters: aemnotuvé. Private to "émouvante": -. Private to "émouvantes": s.

"émouvante" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCCV  ·  "émouvantes" · 10 letters · shape VCVVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "émouvante" and "émouvantes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.mu.vɑ̃t\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "émouvante" or "émouvantes"?
"émouvante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,215 in our French list, against #44,825 for "émouvantes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list