Which to use
“mandat” and “mandats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,000
- “mandat” frequency rank
- #6,974
- “mandats” frequency rank
- 8974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mandat | mandats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte par lequel on commet le soin d’une affaire à une personne qui s’en charge gratuitement. | Pluriel de mandat. |
Same sound, different letters: mandat vs mandats
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. mandat runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against mandats's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mandat and mandats
This is the hard kind. mandat and mandats are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.da\) 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) - “mandat” sits inside “mandats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mandat is recorded at frequency rank #2,000, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.da\. mandats is at rank #6,974, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.da\.
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 8974, this pair ranks #418,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mandat vs mandats
Shared letters: admnt. Private to "mandat": -. Private to "mandats": s.
"mandat" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mandats" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mandat" and "mandats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mandat" or "mandats"?
What to do next
"mandat" and "mandats" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mandat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mandats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mandat" and "mandats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mandant vs mandats". 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 #418,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.