Which to use
“gamine” is a noun and “gamines” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,487
- “gamine” frequency rank
- #27,077
- “gamines” frequency rank
- 36564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gamine | gamines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfant pauvre qui vit dans les rues. | Féminin pluriel de gamin. |
Same sound, different letters: gamine vs gamines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. gamine runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against gamines's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: gamine vs gamines
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: gamine and gamines carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɡa.min\. 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) - “gamine” sits inside “gamines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gamine is recorded at frequency rank #9,487, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡa.min\. gamines is at rank #27,077, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡa.min\.
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 36564, this pair ranks #268,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gamine vs gamines
Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "gamine": -. Private to "gamines": s.
"gamine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "gamines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gamine" and "gamines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gamine" or "gamines" show up more?
What to do next
"gamine" and "gamines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gamine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gamines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gamine" and "gamines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gamètes vs gamines". 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 #268,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.