Which to use
“féminin” is an adjective and “féminité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,199
- “féminin” frequency rank
- #20,734
- “féminité” frequency rank
- 23933
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | féminin | féminité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie un des genres de mots. Il est généralement — mais pas toujours — lié aux femmes. | Caractère de ce qui est féminin. |
Where the eye mixes féminin and féminité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. féminin runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against féminité's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: féminin vs féminité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: féminin is \fe.mi.nɛ̃\ while féminité is \fe.mi.ni.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
féminin is recorded at frequency rank #3,199, classified as anadj, pronounced \fe.mi.nɛ̃\. féminité is at rank #20,734, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fe.mi.ni.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 23933, this pair ranks #349,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of féminin vs féminité
Shared letters: fimné. Private to "féminin": -. Private to "féminité": t.
"féminin" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "féminité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "féminin" and "féminité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "féminin" or "féminité"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "féminin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "féminité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "féminin" and "féminité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "femina vs féminin". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #349,636 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.