Which to use
“journaliste” and “journalistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,415
- “journaliste” frequency rank
- #1,922
- “journalistes” frequency rank
- 3337
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | journaliste | journalistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui fait, qui rédige un journal, qui travaille, à la rédaction d’un journal. | Pluriel de journaliste. |
Same sound, different letters: journaliste vs journalistes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Homophone desk: journaliste vs journalistes
This is the hard kind. journaliste and journalistes are pronounced identically (\ʒuʁ.na.list\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “journaliste” sits inside “journalistes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
journaliste is recorded at frequency rank #1,415, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒuʁ.na.list\. journalistes is at rank #1,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒuʁ.na.list\.
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 3337, this pair ranks #434,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of journaliste vs journalistes
Shared letters: aeijlnorstu. Private to "journaliste": -. Private to "journalistes": -.
"journaliste" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCCV · "journalistes" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- journaliste ← jjournaliste · jorunaliste · jounraliste · jouranliste · journailste · journaliset · journalisste · journalistte
- journalistes ← jjournalistes · jorunalistes · jounralistes · jouranlistes · journailstes · journalisets · journalisstes · journalistess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "journaliste" for "journalistes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "journaliste" or "journalistes"?
What to do next
"journaliste" and "journalistes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "journaliste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "journalistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "journaliste" and "journalistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "journalières vs journalistes". 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 #434,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.