Which to use
“légères” is an adjective and “légèreté” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,508
- “légères” frequency rank
- #12,415
- “légèreté” frequency rank
- 21923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | légères | légèreté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de léger. | Qualité de ce qui est léger, peu pesant. |
Where the eye mixes légères and légèreté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. légères runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against légèreté's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between légères and légèreté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: légères is \le.ʒɛʁ\ while légèreté is \le.ʒɛʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
légères is recorded at frequency rank #9,508, classified as anadj, pronounced \le.ʒɛʁ\. légèreté is at rank #12,415, tagged as anoun, pronounced \le.ʒɛʁ.te\.
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 21923, this pair ranks #360,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of légères vs légèreté
Shared letters: eglrèé. Private to "légères": s. Private to "légèreté": t.
"légères" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "légèreté" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "légères" and "légèreté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "légères" or "légèreté" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "légères" and "légèreté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "légères" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "légèreté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "légères" and "légèreté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "légères vs Legros". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #360,723 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.