Which to use
“inégal” and “inégales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,490
- “inégal” frequency rank
- #39,854
- “inégales” frequency rank
- 67344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inégal | inégales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas égal ; qui n’est pas de même étendue, de même durée, de même valeur, de même intensité, etc. | Féminin pluriel de inégal. |
Same sound, different letters: inégal vs inégales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. inégal runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against inégales's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - inégal and inégales
This is the hard kind. inégal and inégales are pronounced identically (\i.ne.ɡal\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “inégal” sits inside “inégales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inégal is recorded at frequency rank #27,490, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.ne.ɡal\. inégales is at rank #39,854, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.ne.ɡal\.
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 67344, this pair ranks #63,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inégal vs inégales
Shared letters: agilné. Private to "inégal": -. Private to "inégales": es.
"inégal" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "inégales" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "inégal" and "inégales" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "inégal" or "inégales"?
What to do next
"inégal" and "inégales" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "inégal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inégales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inégal" and "inégales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inégalée vs inégales". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,832 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.