Which to use
“masculine” and “masculines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,594
- “masculine” frequency rank
- #22,616
- “masculines” frequency rank
- 30210
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | masculine | masculines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de masculin. | Féminin pluriel de masculin. |
Same sound, different letters: masculine vs masculines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. masculine runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against masculines's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: masculine vs masculines
This is the hard kind. masculine and masculines are pronounced identically (\mas.ky.lin\) 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) - “masculine” sits inside “masculines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
masculine is recorded at frequency rank #7,594, classified as anadj, pronounced \mas.ky.lin\. masculines is at rank #22,616, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mas.ky.lin\.
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 30210, this pair ranks #311,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of masculine vs masculines
Shared letters: aceilmnsu. Private to "masculine": -. Private to "masculines": -.
"masculine" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "masculines" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- masculine ← amsculine · macsuline · mascculine · mascluine · mascuilne · masculien · masculinne · masculline
- masculines ← amsculines · macsulines · mascculines · mascluines · mascuilnes · masculiens · masculiness · masculinnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "masculine" and "masculines" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "masculine" or "masculines"?
Useful next steps
"masculine" and "masculines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "masculine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "masculines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "masculine" and "masculines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "masculine vs masculinité". 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 #311,837 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.