Which to use
“maintes” and “maints” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,028
- “maintes” frequency rank
- #37,418
- “maints” frequency rank
- 47446
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maintes | maints |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de maint. | Masculin pluriel de maint. |
Where the eye mixes maintes and maints
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. maintes runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against maints's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between maintes and maints
A purely visual mix-up. maintes (\mɛ̃t\) and maints (\mɛ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maintes is recorded at frequency rank #10,028, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɛ̃t\. maints is at rank #37,418, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɛ̃\.
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 47446, this pair ranks #186,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maintes vs maints
Shared letters: aimnst. Private to "maintes": e. Private to "maints": -.
"maintes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "maints" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maintes" and "maints" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "maintes" or "maints" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maintes" and "maints" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maints" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maintes" and "maints" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mainte vs maints". 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 #186,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.