Which to use
“innocent” and “innocentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,103
- “innocent” frequency rank
- #22,297
- “innocentes” frequency rank
- 28400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | innocent | innocentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas coupable. | Féminin pluriel de innocent. |
Where the eye mixes innocent and innocentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. innocent runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against innocentes's 10 (VCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: innocent vs innocentes
A purely visual mix-up. innocent (\i.nɔ.sɑ̃\) and innocentes (\i.nɔ.sɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “innocent” sits inside “innocentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
innocent is recorded at frequency rank #6,103, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.nɔ.sɑ̃\. innocentes is at rank #22,297, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.nɔ.sɑ̃t\.
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 28400, this pair ranks #323,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of innocent vs innocentes
Shared letters: ceinot. Private to "innocent": -. Private to "innocentes": s.
"innocent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "innocentes" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- innocent ← inncoent · innoccent · innocennt · innocentt · innocetn · innocnet · innoecnt · inocent
- innocentes ← inncoentes · innoccentes · innocenets · innocenntes · innocentess · innocentse · innocenttes · innocetnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "innocent" and "innocentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "innocent" or "innocentes" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "innocent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "innocentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #323,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "innocent" and "innocentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "innocentes vs innovantes". 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 #323,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.