fémininsvsféminitéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: féminins is a adjective, féminité is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“féminins” is an adjective and “féminité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,060
“féminins” frequency rank
#20,734
“féminité” frequency rank
31794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature féminins féminité
Definition Masculin pluriel de féminin. Caractère de ce qui est féminin.

Letter map: féminins vs féminité

Shared letters muted; letters that set féminins and féminité apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. féminins (CVCVCVCC) and féminité (CVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
féminins
8 ch
féminité

Grammar separator: féminins vs féminité

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: féminins is anadjective and féminitéanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

féminins is recorded at frequency rank #11,060, classified as anadj. 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 31794, this pair ranks #301,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of féminins vs féminité

Shared letters: fimné. Private to "féminins": s. Private to "féminité": t.

"féminins" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC  ·  "féminité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "féminins" for "féminité" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "féminins" is an adjective and "féminité" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "féminins" or "féminité" show up more?
"féminins" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,060 in our French list, against #20,734 for "féminité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "féminins" and "féminité".

  • Full dictionary entry for "féminins" 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 #301,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "féminins" and "féminité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feinte vs féminité". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #301,506 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list