Which to use
“flagrante” and “flagrantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,727
- “flagrante” frequency rank
- #48,532
- “flagrantes” frequency rank
- 69259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flagrante | flagrantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de flagrant. | Féminin pluriel de flagrant. |
Same sound, different letters: flagrante vs flagrantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - flagrante and flagrantes
This is the hard kind. flagrante and flagrantes are pronounced identically (\fla.ɡʁɑ̃t\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “flagrante” sits inside “flagrantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flagrante is recorded at frequency rank #20,727, classified as anadj, pronounced \fla.ɡʁɑ̃t\. 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 69259, this pair ranks #55,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of flagrante vs flagrantes
Shared letters: aefglnrt. Private to "flagrante": -. Private to "flagrantes": s.
"flagrante" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV · "flagrantes" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- flagrante ← falgrante · fflagrante · flagarnte · flaggrante · flagranet · flagrannte · flagrantte · flagratne
- flagrantes ← falgrantes · fflagrantes · flagarntes · flaggrantes · flagranets · flagranntes · flagrantess · flagrantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flagrante" and "flagrantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "flagrante" vs "flagrantes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"flagrante" and "flagrantes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "flagrante" 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 #55,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flagrante" and "flagrantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flagrant 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 #55,847 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.