Which to use
“masculin” and “masculins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,873
- “masculin” frequency rank
- #12,196
- “masculins” frequency rank
- 17069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | masculin | masculins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est de sexe mâle, qui a rapport à ce sexe. | Masculin pluriel de masculin. |
Same sound, different letters: masculin vs masculins
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. masculin runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against masculins's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: masculin vs masculins
This is the hard kind. masculin and masculins are pronounced identically (\mas.ky.lɛ̃\) 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) - “masculin” sits inside “masculins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
masculin is recorded at frequency rank #4,873, classified as anadj, pronounced \mas.ky.lɛ̃\. masculins is at rank #12,196, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mas.ky.lɛ̃\.
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 17069, this pair ranks #384,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of masculin vs masculins
Shared letters: acilmnsu. Private to "masculin": -. Private to "masculins": -.
"masculin" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "masculins" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "masculin" and "masculins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "masculin" or "masculins"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "masculin" / "masculins". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "masculin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "masculins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "masculin" and "masculins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "masculines vs masculins". 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 #384,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.