Which to use
“inquiétante” and “inquiétantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,168
- “inquiétante” frequency rank
- #27,848
- “inquiétantes” frequency rank
- 43016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inquiétante | inquiétantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de inquiétant. | Féminin pluriel de inquiétant. |
Same sound, different letters: inquiétante vs inquiétantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. inquiétante runs 11 letters (VCCVVVCVCCV) against inquiétantes's 12 (VCCVVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: inquiétante vs inquiétantes
This is the hard kind. inquiétante and inquiétantes are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃t\) 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) - “inquiétante” sits inside “inquiétantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inquiétante is recorded at frequency rank #15,168, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃t\. inquiétantes is at rank #27,848, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃t\.
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 43016, this pair ranks #221,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inquiétante vs inquiétantes
Shared letters: aeinqtué. Private to "inquiétante": -. Private to "inquiétantes": s.
"inquiétante" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVVCVCCV · "inquiétantes" · 12 letters · shape VCCVVVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "inquiétante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inquiétantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inquiétante" and "inquiétantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inquiétantes vs inquiétants". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #221,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.