Which to use
“gagnant” and “gagnantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,458
- “gagnant” frequency rank
- #27,820
- “gagnantes” frequency rank
- 31278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gagnant | gagnantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui gagne. | Féminin pluriel de gagnant. |
Where the eye mixes gagnant and gagnantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. gagnant runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against gagnantes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gagnant vs gagnantes
A purely visual mix-up. gagnant (\ɡa.ɲɑ̃\) and gagnantes (\ɡa.ɲɑ̃t\) 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) - “gagnant” sits inside “gagnantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gagnant is recorded at frequency rank #3,458, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.ɲɑ̃\. gagnantes is at rank #27,820, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.ɲɑ̃t\.
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 31278, this pair ranks #304,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gagnant vs gagnantes
Shared letters: agnt. Private to "gagnant": -. Private to "gagnantes": es.
"gagnant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "gagnantes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gagnant" for "gagnantes" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "gagnant" or "gagnantes" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "gagnant" and "gagnantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gagnant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gagnantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gagnant" and "gagnantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gagnantes vs gênantes". 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 #304,808 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.