Which to use
“jalouse” is a noun and “jalouses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,181
- “jalouse” frequency rank
- #44,006
- “jalouses” frequency rank
- 54187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jalouse | jalouses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui a de la jalousie à propos de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose. | Féminin pluriel de jaloux. |
Same sound, different letters: jalouse vs jalouses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: jalouse vs jalouses
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: jalouse and jalouses carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒa.luz\. 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) - “jalouse” sits inside “jalouses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jalouse is recorded at frequency rank #10,181, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒa.luz\. jalouses is at rank #44,006, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒa.luz\.
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 54187, this pair ranks #135,655 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jalouse vs jalouses
Shared letters: aejlosu. Private to "jalouse": -. Private to "jalouses": -.
"jalouse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "jalouses" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"jalouse" and "jalouses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "jalouse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jalouses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,655 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jalouse" and "jalouses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jalouses vs jalousies". 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 #135,655 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.