inadmissible vs inadmissibles

Which to use

“inadmissible” and “inadmissibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,166
“inadmissible” frequency rank: #47,955
“inadmissibles” frequency rank: 63121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	inadmissible	inadmissibles
Definition	Qui n’est pas recevable, qui ne peut être admis.	Pluriel de inadmissible.

Same sound, different letters: inadmissible vs inadmissibles

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. inadmissible runs 12 letters (VCVCCVCCVCCV) against inadmissibles's 13 (VCVCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch

inadmissible

13 ch

inadmissibles

Same sound, different spelling - inadmissible / inadmissibles

This is the hard kind. inadmissible and inadmissibles are pronounced identically (\i.nad.mi.sibl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “inadmissible” sits inside “inadmissibles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inadmissible is recorded at frequency rank #15,166, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.nad.mi.sibl\. inadmissibles is at rank #47,955, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.nad.mi.sibl\.

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 63121, this pair ranks #83,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inadmissible vs inadmissibles

Shared letters: abdeilmns. Private to "inadmissible": -. Private to "inadmissibles": -.

"inadmissible" · 12 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVCCV · "inadmissibles" · 13 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

inadmissible ← iandmissible · inaddmissible · inadimssible · inadmisible · inadmisisble · inadmissbile · inadmissibble · inadmissibel
inadmissibles ← iandmissibles · inaddmissibles · inadimssibles · inadmisibles · inadmisisbles · inadmissbiles · inadmissibbles · inadmissibels

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "inadmissible" and "inadmissibles" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\i.nad.mi.sibl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "inadmissible" vs "inadmissibles" - which ranks higher?

"inadmissible" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,166 in our French list, against #47,955 for "inadmissibles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"inadmissible" and "inadmissibles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

Full dictionary entry for "inadmissible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "inadmissibles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #83,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
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 #83,648 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.