Which to use
“fortunée” and “fortunés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,538
- “fortunée” frequency rank
- #23,216
- “fortunés” frequency rank
- 71754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fortunée | fortunés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fortuné. | Masculin pluriel de fortuné. |
Same sound, different letters: fortunée vs fortunés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. fortunée (CVCCVCVV) and fortunés (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - fortunée / fortunés
This is the hard kind. fortunée and fortunés are pronounced identically (\fɔʁ.ty.ne\) 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 a single letter - e in “fortunée” becomes s in “fortunés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fortunée is recorded at frequency rank #48,538, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ.ty.ne\. fortunés is at rank #23,216, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ.ty.ne\.
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 71754, this pair ranks #46,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fortunée vs fortunés
Shared letters: fnortué. Private to "fortunée": e. Private to "fortunés": s.
"fortunée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "fortunés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fortunée" and "fortunés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fortunée" vs "fortunés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"fortunée" and "fortunés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fortunée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fortunés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fortunée" and "fortunés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortuite vs fortunée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,405 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.