Which to use
“flagrant” and “flagrantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,573
- “flagrant” frequency rank
- #48,532
- “flagrantes” frequency rank
- 61105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flagrant | flagrantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est très visible, très évident. | Féminin pluriel de flagrant. |
Where the eye mixes flagrant and flagrantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses flagrant with flagrantes
A purely visual mix-up. flagrant (\fla.ɡʁɑ̃\) and flagrantes (\fla.ɡʁɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “flagrant” sits inside “flagrantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flagrant is recorded at frequency rank #12,573, classified as anadj, pronounced \fla.ɡʁɑ̃\. flagrantes is at rank #48,532, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fla.ɡʁɑ̃t\.
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 61105, this pair ranks #94,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flagrant vs flagrantes
Shared letters: afglnrt. Private to "flagrant": -. Private to "flagrantes": es.
"flagrant" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "flagrantes" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- flagrant ← falgrant · fflagrant · flagarnt · flaggrant · flagrannt · flagrantt · flagratn · flagrnat
- flagrantes ← falgrantes · fflagrantes · flagarntes · flaggrantes · flagranets · flagranntes · flagrantess · flagrantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "flagrant" and "flagrantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "flagrant" or "flagrantes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "flagrant" and "flagrantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flagrant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flagrantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flagrant" and "flagrantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flagrante vs flagrantes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #94,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.