Which to use
“maintes” is an adjective and “matinées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,028
- “maintes” frequency rank
- #38,915
- “matinées” frequency rank
- 48943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maintes | matinées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de maint. | Pluriel de matinée. |
Where the eye mixes maintes and matinées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. maintes runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against matinées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between maintes and matinées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: maintes is \mɛ̃t\ while matinées is \ma.ti.ne\. 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 48943, 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\. matinées is at rank #38,915, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ti.ne\.
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 48943, this pair ranks #174,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maintes vs matinées
Shared letters: aeimnst. Private to "maintes": -. Private to "matinées": é.
"maintes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "matinées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maintes ← amintes · mainets · mainntes · maintess · maintse · mainttes · maitnes · manites
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "maintes" and "matinées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "maintes" or "matinées"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "maintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "matinées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maintes" and "matinées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "matinées vs mitigées". 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 #174,804 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.