Which to use
“incohérent” and “incohérents” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,074
- “incohérent” frequency rank
- #49,715
- “incohérents” frequency rank
- 80789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incohérent | incohérents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui manque de cohérence, de suite, de liaison. | Masculin pluriel de incohérent. |
Same sound, different letters: incohérent vs incohérents
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. incohérent runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVCC) against incohérents's 11 (VCCVCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - incohérent and incohérents
This is the hard kind. incohérent and incohérents are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\) 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) - “incohérent” sits inside “incohérents”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incohérent is recorded at frequency rank #31,074, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\. incohérents is at rank #49,715, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ.e.ʁɑ̃\.
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 80789, this pair ranks #20,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incohérent vs incohérents
Shared letters: cehinorté. Private to "incohérent": -. Private to "incohérents": s.
"incohérent" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCC · "incohérents" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incohérent" and "incohérents" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "incohérent" vs "incohérents" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"incohérent" and "incohérents" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "incohérent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incohérents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incohérent" and "incohérents" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incohérente vs incohérents". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #20,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.