Which to use
“malsaine” and “malsaines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,600
- “malsaine” frequency rank
- #41,885
- “malsaines” frequency rank
- 65485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malsaine | malsaines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de malsain. | Féminin pluriel de malsain. |
Same sound, different letters: malsaine vs malsaines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - malsaine / malsaines
This is the hard kind. malsaine and malsaines are pronounced identically (\mal.sɛn\) 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) - “malsaine” sits inside “malsaines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malsaine is recorded at frequency rank #23,600, classified as anadj, pronounced \mal.sɛn\. malsaines is at rank #41,885, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mal.sɛn\.
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 65485, this pair ranks #72,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malsaine vs malsaines
Shared letters: aeilmns. Private to "malsaine": -. Private to "malsaines": -.
"malsaine" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "malsaines" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "malsaine" and "malsaines" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "malsaine" vs "malsaines" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"malsaine" and "malsaines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "malsaine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malsaines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malsaine" and "malsaines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malsaines vs malsains". 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 #72,136 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.