Which to use
“influences” is a noun and “influentes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,978
- “influences” frequency rank
- #31,552
- “influentes” frequency rank
- 39530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | influences | influentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de influence. | Féminin pluriel de influent. |
Where the eye mixes influences and influentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. influences and influentes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: influences vs influentes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: influences is \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃s\ while influentes is \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “influences” becomes t in “influentes”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
influences is recorded at frequency rank #7,978, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃s\. influentes is at rank #31,552, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃t\.
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 39530, this pair ranks #247,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of influences vs influentes
Shared letters: efilnsu. Private to "influences": c. Private to "influentes": t.
"influences" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVCCVC · "influentes" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- influences ← ifnluences · inffluences · infleunces · inflluences · influecnes · influencces · influencess · influencse
- influentes ← ifnluentes · inffluentes · infleuntes · inflluentes · influenets · influenntes · influentess · influentse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "influences" for "influentes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "influences" vs "influentes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "influences" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "influentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "influences" and "influentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "influencées vs influentes". Nearby pair
- 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 #247,267 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.