Which to use
“frontalière” is a noun and “frontalières” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,450
- “frontalière” frequency rank
- #36,407
- “frontalières” frequency rank
- 63857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frontalière | frontalières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui habite une région frontalière. | Féminin pluriel de frontalier. |
Same sound, different letters: frontalière vs frontalières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. frontalière runs 11 letters (CCVCCVCVVCV) against frontalières's 12 (CCVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - frontalière / frontalières
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: frontalière and frontalières carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fʁɔ̃.ta.ljɛʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “frontalière” sits inside “frontalières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frontalière is recorded at frequency rank #27,450, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁɔ̃.ta.ljɛʁ\. frontalières is at rank #36,407, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fʁɔ̃.ta.ljɛʁ\.
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 63857, this pair ranks #79,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of frontalière vs frontalières
Shared letters: aefilnortè. Private to "frontalière": -. Private to "frontalières": s.
"frontalière" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCVVCV · "frontalières" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frontalière" and "frontalières" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "frontalière" or "frontalières"?
After this comparison
"frontalière" and "frontalières" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "frontalière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frontalières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frontalière" and "frontalières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frontalier vs frontalières". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #79,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.