Which to use
“humanité” and “humanités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,956
- “humanité” frequency rank
- #28,591
- “humanités” frequency rank
- 30547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | humanité | humanités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nature ou condition humaine. | Étude des langues et des littératures anciennes. |
Where the eye mixes humanité and humanités
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. humanité runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against humanités's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between humanité and humanités
A purely visual mix-up. humanité (\y.ma.ni.te\) and humanités (^((h muet))\y.ma.ni.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “humanité” sits inside “humanités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
humanité is recorded at frequency rank #1,956, classified as anoun, pronounced \y.ma.ni.te\. humanités is at rank #28,591, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\y.ma.ni.te\.
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 30547, this pair ranks #309,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of humanité vs humanités
Shared letters: ahimntué. Private to "humanité": -. Private to "humanités": s.
"humanité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "humanités" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "humanité" for "humanités" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "humanité" or "humanités" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "humanité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "humanités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "humanité" and "humanités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humanités vs humanoïdes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #309,571 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.