Which to use
“féminine” and “féminité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,674
- “féminine” frequency rank
- #20,734
- “féminité” frequency rank
- 25408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | féminine | féminité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sportive (par opposition aux hommes). | Caractère de ce qui est féminin. |
Where the eye mixes féminine and féminité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. féminine and féminité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses féminine with féminité
A purely visual mix-up. féminine (\fe.mi.nin\) and féminité (\fe.mi.ni.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
féminine is recorded at frequency rank #4,674, classified as anoun, pronounced \fe.mi.nin\. 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 25408, this pair ranks #341,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of féminine vs féminité
Shared letters: fimné. Private to "féminine": e. Private to "féminité": t.
"féminine" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "féminité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "féminine" and "féminité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "féminine" or "féminité"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "féminine" 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 #341,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "féminine" and "féminité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feinte vs féminité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #341,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.