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“gagnantes” and “gagnants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,820
“gagnantes” frequency rank
#8,396
“gagnants” frequency rank
36216
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gagnantes gagnants
Definition Féminin pluriel de gagnant. Masculin pluriel de gagnant.

Where the eye mixes gagnantes and gagnants

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. gagnantes runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against gagnants's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
gagnantes
8 ch
gagnants

Visual trap between gagnantes and gagnants

A purely visual mix-up. gagnantes (\ɡa.ɲɑ̃t\) and gagnants (\ɡa.ɲɑ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gagnantes is recorded at frequency rank #27,820, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.ɲɑ̃t\. gagnants is at rank #8,396, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.ɲɑ̃\.

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 36216, this pair ranks #271,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gagnantes vs gagnants

Shared letters: agnst. Private to "gagnantes": e. Private to "gagnants": -.

"gagnantes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "gagnants" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gagnantesaggnantes · gaganntes · gaggnantes · gagnanets · gagnanntes · gagnantess · gagnantse · gagnanttes
  • gagnantsaggnants · gagannts · gaggnants · gagnannts · gagnanst · gagnantss · gagnantts · gagnatns

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gagnantes" and "gagnants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɡa.ɲɑ̃t\ versus \ɡa.ɲɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "gagnantes" vs "gagnants" - which ranks higher?
"gagnants" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,396 in our French list, against #27,820 for "gagnantes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "gagnantes" and "gagnants" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gagnantes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gagnants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #271,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gagnantes" and "gagnants" 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 #271,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list