Which to use
“extrémité” and “extrémités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,394
- “extrémité” frequency rank
- #12,380
- “extrémités” frequency rank
- 18774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extrémité | extrémités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Le bout d’une chose, la partie qui la termine. | Pluriel de extrémité. |
Same sound, different letters: extrémité vs extrémités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. extrémité runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against extrémités's 10 (VCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: extrémité vs extrémités
This is the hard kind. extrémité and extrémités are pronounced identically (\ɛk.stʁe.mi.te\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “extrémité” sits inside “extrémités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extrémité is recorded at frequency rank #6,394, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.stʁe.mi.te\. extrémités is at rank #12,380, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.stʁe.mi.te\.
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 18774, this pair ranks #376,649 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of extrémité vs extrémités
Shared letters: eimrtxé. Private to "extrémité": -. Private to "extrémités": s.
"extrémité" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV · "extrémités" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "extrémité" and "extrémités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "extrémité" vs "extrémités" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "extrémité" / "extrémités". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "extrémité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extrémités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,649 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extrémité" and "extrémités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extraites vs extrémités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #376,649 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.