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“latine” and “latines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,149
“latine” frequency rank
#20,481
“latines” frequency rank
25630
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature latine latines
Definition Féminin singulier de latin. Féminin pluriel de latin.

Same sound, different letters: latine vs latines

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. latine runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against latines's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
latine
7 ch
latines

Same sound, different spelling - latine / latines

This is the hard kind. latine and latines are pronounced identically (\la.tin\) 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) - “latine” sits inside “latines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

latine is recorded at frequency rank #5,149, classified as anadj, pronounced \la.tin\. latines is at rank #20,481, tagged as anadj, pronounced \la.tin\.

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 25630, this pair ranks #339,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of latine vs latines

Shared letters: aeilnt. Private to "latine": -. Private to "latines": s.

"latine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "latines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • latinealtine · laitne · latien · latinne · latnie · lattine · llatine · ltaine
  • latinesaltines · laitnes · latiens · latiness · latinnes · latinse · latnies · lattines

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "latine" and "latines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\la.tin\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "latine" vs "latines" - which ranks higher?
"latine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,149 in our French list, against #20,481 for "latines". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "latine" / "latines". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "latine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "latines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #339,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "latine" and "latines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lagunes vs latines". 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 #339,750 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list