Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "latine" and "latines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "latine" vs "latines" - which ranks higher?
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.