individualitévsindividualitésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#29,395
“individualité” frequency rank
#37,379
“individualités” frequency rank
66774
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature individualité individualités
Definition Ce qui constitue l’individu ; ce qui fait qu’il est tel être et qu’il a une existence distincte de celle des autres êtres. Pluriel de individualité.

Same sound, different letters: individualité vs individualités

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. individualité runs 13 letters (VCCVCVCVVCVCV) against individualités's 14 (VCCVCVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
individualité
14 ch
individualités

Same sound, different spelling - individualité / individualités

This is the hard kind. individualité and individualités are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.li.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) - “individualité” sits inside “individualités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

individualité is recorded at frequency rank #29,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.li.te\. individualités is at rank #37,379, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.li.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 66774, this pair ranks #66,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of individualité vs individualités

Shared letters: adilntuvé. Private to "individualité": -. Private to "individualités": s.

"individualité" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCVCV  ·  "individualités" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "individualité" and "individualités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.li.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "individualité" vs "individualités" - which ranks higher?
"individualité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,395 in our French list, against #37,379 for "individualités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "individualité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "individualités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "individualité" and "individualités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "individualistes vs individualités". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #66,297 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