Which to use
“jaune” and “jaunes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,871
- “jaune” frequency rank
- #5,776
- “jaunes” frequency rank
- 7647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jaune | jaunes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Désigne une couleur du spectre située entre le vert et l’orange. #ffff00 | Pluriel de jaune. |
Same sound, different letters: jaune vs jaunes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. jaune runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against jaunes's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - jaune / jaunes
This is the hard kind. jaune and jaunes are pronounced identically (\ʒon\) 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) - “jaune” sits inside “jaunes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jaune is recorded at frequency rank #1,871, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʒon\. jaunes is at rank #5,776, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒon\.
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 7647, this pair ranks #422,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jaune vs jaunes
Shared letters: aejnu. Private to "jaune": -. Private to "jaunes": s.
"jaune" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "jaunes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jaune" and "jaunes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "jaune" or "jaunes" show up more?
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 "jaune" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jaunes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jaune" and "jaunes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jaques vs jaunes". 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 #422,547 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.