Which to use
“italienne” is a noun and “italiennes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,464
- “italienne” frequency rank
- #10,729
- “italiennes” frequency rank
- 14193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | italienne | italiennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Répétition sans mettre le ton, d’une voix neutre qui permet aux acteurs de mémoriser leurs textes sans se fatiguer. | Féminin pluriel de italien. |
Same sound, different letters: italienne vs italiennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. italienne runs 9 letters (VCVCVVCCV) against italiennes's 10 (VCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - italienne / italiennes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: italienne and italiennes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \i.ta.ljɛn\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “italienne” sits inside “italiennes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
italienne is recorded at frequency rank #3,464, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.ta.ljɛn\. italiennes is at rank #10,729, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.ta.ljɛn\.
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 14193, this pair ranks #397,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of italienne vs italiennes
Shared letters: aeilnt. Private to "italienne": -. Private to "italiennes": s.
"italienne" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCCV · "italiennes" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- italienne ← iatlienne · itailenne · italeinne · italiene · italienen · italinene · itallienne · itlaienne
- italiennes ← iatliennes · itailennes · italeinnes · italienens · italienes · italienness · italiennse · italinenes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "italienne" for "italiennes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "italienne" vs "italiennes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"italienne" and "italiennes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "italienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "italiennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "italienne" and "italiennes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "irakiennes vs italiennes". 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 #397,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.