Which to use
“irakienne” and “irakiennes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,589
- “irakienne” frequency rank
- #35,108
- “irakiennes” frequency rank
- 58697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irakienne | irakiennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de irakien. | Féminin pluriel de irakien. |
Same sound, different letters: irakienne vs irakiennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. irakienne runs 9 letters (VCVCVVCCV) against irakiennes's 10 (VCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: irakienne vs irakiennes
This is the hard kind. irakienne and irakiennes are pronounced identically (\i.ʁa.kjɛn\) 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) - “irakienne” sits inside “irakiennes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irakienne is recorded at frequency rank #23,589, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.ʁa.kjɛn\. irakiennes is at rank #35,108, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.ʁa.kjɛn\.
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 58697, this pair ranks #107,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of irakienne vs irakiennes
Shared letters: aeiknr. Private to "irakienne": -. Private to "irakiennes": s.
"irakienne" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCCV · "irakiennes" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- irakienne ← iarkienne · iraikenne · irakeinne · irakiene · irakienen · irakinene · irakkienne · irkaienne
- irakiennes ← iarkiennes · iraikennes · irakeinnes · irakienens · irakienes · irakienness · irakiennse · irakinenes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "irakienne" for "irakiennes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "irakienne" vs "irakiennes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "irakienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irakiennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "irakienne" and "irakiennes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "irakiennes vs iraniennes". 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 #107,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.