Which to use
“inégalité” and “inégalités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,428
- “inégalité” frequency rank
- #6,104
- “inégalités” frequency rank
- 17532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inégalité | inégalités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Défaut d’égalité. | Pluriel de inégalité. |
Same sound, different letters: inégalité vs inégalités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. inégalité runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against inégalités's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - inégalité / inégalités
This is the hard kind. inégalité and inégalités are pronounced identically (\i.ne.ɡa.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) - “inégalité” sits inside “inégalités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inégalité is recorded at frequency rank #11,428, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.ne.ɡa.li.te\. inégalités is at rank #6,104, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.ne.ɡa.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 17532, this pair ranks #382,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inégalité vs inégalités
Shared letters: agilnté. Private to "inégalité": -. Private to "inégalités": s.
"inégalité" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV · "inégalités" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "inégalité" and "inégalités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "inégalité" vs "inégalités" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "inégalité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inégalités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inégalité" and "inégalités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inégalée vs inégalité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #382,699 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.