Which to use
“incontestable” and “incontestables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,648
- “incontestable” frequency rank
- #42,396
- “incontestables” frequency rank
- 59044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incontestable | incontestables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est certain, qui ne peut être contesté. | Pluriel de incontestable. |
Same sound, different letters: incontestable vs incontestables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. incontestable runs 13 letters (VCCVCCVCCVCCV) against incontestables's 14 (VCCVCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - incontestable and incontestables
This is the hard kind. incontestable and incontestables are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\) 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) - “incontestable” sits inside “incontestables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incontestable is recorded at frequency rank #16,648, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\. incontestables is at rank #42,396, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl\.
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 59044, this pair ranks #105,382 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incontestable vs incontestables
Shared letters: abceilnost. Private to "incontestable": -. Private to "incontestables": -.
"incontestable" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCCV · "incontestables" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incontestable ← icnontestable · inccontestable · incnotestable · inconetstable · inconntestable · incontesatble · incontesstable · incontestabble
- incontestables ← icnontestables · inccontestables · incnotestables · inconetstables · inconntestables · incontesatbles · incontesstables · incontestabbles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incontestable" for "incontestables" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "incontestable" / "incontestables". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "incontestable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incontestables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,382 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 #105,382 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.