Which to use
“manuscrite” and “manuscrites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,036
- “manuscrite” frequency rank
- #40,858
- “manuscrites” frequency rank
- 69894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manuscrite | manuscrites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de manuscrit. | Féminin pluriel de manuscrit. |
Same sound, different letters: manuscrite vs manuscrites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. manuscrite runs 10 letters (CVCVCCCVCV) against manuscrites's 11 (CVCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - manuscrite and manuscrites
This is the hard kind. manuscrite and manuscrites are pronounced identically (\ma.nys.kʁit\) 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) - “manuscrite” sits inside “manuscrites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manuscrite is recorded at frequency rank #29,036, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.nys.kʁit\. manuscrites is at rank #40,858, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.nys.kʁit\.
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 69894, this pair ranks #53,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manuscrite vs manuscrites
Shared letters: aceimnrstu. Private to "manuscrite": -. Private to "manuscrites": -.
"manuscrite" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCV · "manuscrites" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manuscrite ← amnuscrite · mannuscrite · mansucrite · manucsrite · manusccrite · manuscirte · manuscriet · manuscritte
- manuscrites ← amnuscrites · mannuscrites · mansucrites · manucsrites · manusccrites · manuscirtes · manuscriets · manuscritess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manuscrite" for "manuscrites" ever safe?
Frequency check: "manuscrite" vs "manuscrites" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "manuscrite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manuscrites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manuscrite" and "manuscrites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manuscrites vs manuscrits". 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 #53,413 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.