Which to use
“infidèle” and “infidèles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,163
- “infidèle” frequency rank
- #19,042
- “infidèles” frequency rank
- 36205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infidèle | infidèles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui ne remplit pas ses engagements, ses devoirs, ses promesses. | Pluriel de infidèle. |
Same sound, different letters: infidèle vs infidèles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. infidèle runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against infidèles's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - infidèle and infidèles
This is the hard kind. infidèle and infidèles are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.fi.dɛl\) 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) - “infidèle” sits inside “infidèles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infidèle is recorded at frequency rank #17,163, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fi.dɛl\. infidèles is at rank #19,042, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fi.dɛl\.
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 36205, this pair ranks #271,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of infidèle vs infidèles
Shared letters: defilnè. Private to "infidèle": -. Private to "infidèles": s.
"infidèle" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "infidèles" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infidèle" and "infidèles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "infidèle" or "infidèles"?
Useful next steps
"infidèle" and "infidèles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "infidèle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infidèles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infidèle" and "infidèles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infidèles vs infidélités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #271,266 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.