implantésvsimplantsTell them apart

Quick tell: implantés is a adjective, implants is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“implantés” is an adjective and “implants” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,971
“implantés” frequency rank
#21,656
“implants” frequency rank
43627
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature implantés implants
Definition Masculin pluriel de implanté. Pluriel de implant.

Where the eye mixes implantés and implants

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

9 ch
implantés
8 ch
implants

Why the eye confuses implantés with implants

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: implantés is \ɛ̃.plɑ̃.te\ while implants is \ɛ̃.plɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

implantés is recorded at frequency rank #21,971, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.plɑ̃.te\. implants is at rank #21,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.plɑ̃\.

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 43627, this pair ranks #216,618 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of implantés vs implants

Shared letters: ailmnpst. Private to "implantés": é. Private to "implants": -.

"implantés" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC  ·  "implants" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • implants ← imlpants · immplants · impalnts · implannts · implanst · implantss · implantts · implatns

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "implantés" for "implants" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "implantés" is an adjective and "implants" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "implantés" or "implants" show up more?
"implants" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,656 in our French list, against #21,971 for "implantés". 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 "implantés" and "implants" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "implantés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "implants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,618 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "implantés" and "implants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implants vs isolants". 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 #216,618 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