Which to use
“latence” is a noun and “latente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,114
- “latence” frequency rank
- #35,121
- “latente” frequency rank
- 66235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | latence | latente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité d'une propriété dissimulée et amenée à apparaître ultérieurement. → voir phase de latence | Féminin singulier de latent. |
Where the eye mixes latence and latente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. latence and latente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: latence vs latente
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: latence is \la.tɑ̃s\ while latente is \la.tɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “latence” becomes t in “latente”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
latence is recorded at frequency rank #31,114, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.tɑ̃s\. latente is at rank #35,121, tagged as anadj, pronounced \la.tɑ̃t\.
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 66235, this pair ranks #68,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of latence vs latente
Shared letters: aelnt. Private to "latence": c. Private to "latente": -.
"latence" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "latente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "latence" and "latente" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "latence" or "latente"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "latence" and "latente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "latence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "latente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "latence" and "latente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lamente vs latente". 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 #68,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.