Which to use
“innocentes” and “innocents” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,297
- “innocentes” frequency rank
- #9,500
- “innocents” frequency rank
- 31797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | innocentes | innocents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de innocent. | Masculin pluriel de innocent. |
Where the eye mixes innocentes and innocents
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. innocentes runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCVC) against innocents's 9 (VCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between innocentes and innocents
A purely visual mix-up. innocentes (\i.nɔ.sɑ̃t\) and innocents (\i.nɔ.sɑ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
innocentes is recorded at frequency rank #22,297, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.nɔ.sɑ̃t\. innocents is at rank #9,500, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.nɔ.sɑ̃\.
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 31797, this pair ranks #301,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of innocentes vs innocents
Shared letters: ceinost. Private to "innocentes": -. Private to "innocents": -.
"innocentes" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC · "innocents" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- innocentes ← inncoentes · innoccentes · innocenets · innocenntes · innocentess · innocentse · innocenttes · innocetnes
- innocents ← inncoents · innoccents · innocennts · innocenst · innocentss · innocentts · innocetns · innocnets
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "innocentes" for "innocents" ever safe?
Frequency check: "innocentes" vs "innocents" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "innocentes" and "innocents" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "innocentes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "innocents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "innocentes" and "innocents" 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 #301,485 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.