Which to use
“législative” and “législatives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,345
- “législative” frequency rank
- #4,081
- “législatives” frequency rank
- 13426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | législative | législatives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Législative, l'assemblée législative. | Élections législatives. |
Same sound, different letters: législative vs législatives
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. législative runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVCV) against législatives's 12 (CVCVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - législative / législatives
This is the hard kind. législative and législatives are pronounced identically (\le.ʒis.la.tiv\) 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) - “législative” sits inside “législatives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
législative is recorded at frequency rank #9,345, classified as anoun, pronounced \le.ʒis.la.tiv\. législatives is at rank #4,081, tagged as anoun, pronounced \le.ʒis.la.tiv\.
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 13426, this pair ranks #401,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of législative vs législatives
Shared letters: aegilstvé. Private to "législative": -. Private to "législatives": -.
"législative" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCV · "législatives" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"législative" and "législatives" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "législative" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "législatives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "législative" and "législatives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "législatifs vs législative". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #401,088 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.