Which to use
“gentille” is a noun and “gentilles” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,561
- “gentille” frequency rank
- #25,663
- “gentilles” frequency rank
- 31224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gentille | gentilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personnage féminin d’une œuvre de fiction qui incarne le bien, par opposition à la méchante qui fait le mal. | Féminin pluriel de gentil. |
Same sound, different letters: gentille vs gentilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - gentille and gentilles
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: gentille and gentilles carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒɑ̃.tij\. 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) - “gentille” sits inside “gentilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gentille is recorded at frequency rank #5,561, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒɑ̃.tij\. gentilles is at rank #25,663, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒɑ̃.tij\.
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 31224, this pair ranks #305,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gentille vs gentilles
Shared letters: egilnt. Private to "gentille": -. Private to "gentilles": s.
"gentille" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "gentilles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gentille" and "gentilles" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "gentille" or "gentilles" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "gentille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gentilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gentille" and "gentilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gentilles vs Gentilly". 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 #305,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.