Which to use
“identité” and “identités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,439
- “identité” frequency rank
- #12,796
- “identités” frequency rank
- 14235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | identité | identités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui fait qu’une chose est la même qu’une autre, que deux ou plusieurs choses ne sont qu’une ou sont comprises sous une même idée. | Pluriel de identité. |
Same sound, different letters: identité vs identités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. identité runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against identités's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: identité vs identités
This is the hard kind. identité and identités are pronounced identically (\i.dɑ̃.ti.te\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “identité” sits inside “identités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
identité is recorded at frequency rank #1,439, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.ti.te\. identités is at rank #12,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.dɑ̃.ti.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 14235, this pair ranks #397,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of identité vs identités
Shared letters: deinté. Private to "identité": -. Private to "identités": s.
"identité" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "identités" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "identité" for "identités" ever safe?
Which is more common, "identité" or "identités"?
What to do next
"identité" and "identités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "identité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "identités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "identité" and "identités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "identités vs identity". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #397,567 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.