Which to use
“étonnante” and “étonnantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,980
- “étonnante” frequency rank
- #25,533
- “étonnantes” frequency rank
- 36513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | étonnante | étonnantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de étonnant. | Féminin pluriel de étonnant. |
Same sound, different letters: étonnante vs étonnantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. étonnante runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCCV) against étonnantes's 10 (VCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - étonnante and étonnantes
This is the hard kind. étonnante and étonnantes are pronounced identically (\e.tɔ.nɑ̃t\) 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) - “étonnante” sits inside “étonnantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
étonnante is recorded at frequency rank #10,980, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.tɔ.nɑ̃t\. étonnantes is at rank #25,533, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.tɔ.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 36513, this pair ranks #269,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of étonnante vs étonnantes
Shared letters: aenoté. Private to "étonnante": -. Private to "étonnantes": s.
"étonnante" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV · "étonnantes" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "étonnante" and "étonnantes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "étonnante" vs "étonnantes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"étonnante" and "étonnantes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "étonnante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "étonnantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "étonnante" and "étonnantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "étonnantes vs étonnants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #269,069 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.