Which to use
“marionnette” and “marionnettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,763
- “marionnette” frequency rank
- #15,676
- “marionnettes” frequency rank
- 33439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marionnette | marionnettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Figurine que l’on fait bouger avec la main ou par des fils, quelquefois par des ressorts. | Pluriel de marionnette. |
Same sound, different letters: marionnette vs marionnettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Homophone desk: marionnette vs marionnettes
This is the hard kind. marionnette and marionnettes are pronounced identically (\ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\) 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) - “marionnette” sits inside “marionnettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marionnette is recorded at frequency rank #17,763, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\. marionnettes is at rank #15,676, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\.
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 33439, this pair ranks #290,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marionnette vs marionnettes
Shared letters: aeimnort. Private to "marionnette": -. Private to "marionnettes": s.
"marionnette" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCCV · "marionnettes" · 12 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marionnette ← amrionnette · maironnette · marinonette · marionentte · marionette · marionnete · marionnetet · marionntete
- marionnettes ← amrionnettes · maironnettes · marinonettes · marionenttes · marionettes · marionnetes · marionnetets · marionnettess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marionnette" for "marionnettes" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "marionnette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marionnettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marionnette" and "marionnettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maisonnette vs marionnette". 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 #290,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.