Which to use
“menace” is a noun and “menacés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,087
- “menace” frequency rank
- #13,004
- “menacés” frequency rank
- 15091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | menace | menacés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare. | Masculin pluriel de menacé. |
Where the eye mixes menace and menacés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: menace vs menacés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: menace is \mə.nas\ while menacés is \mə.na.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
menace is recorded at frequency rank #2,087, classified as anoun, pronounced \mə.nas\. menacés is at rank #13,004, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mə.na.se\.
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 15091, this pair ranks #393,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of menace vs menacés
Shared letters: acemn. Private to "menace": -. Private to "menacés": sé.
"menace" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "menacés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- menace ← emnace · meance · menacce · menaec · mencae · mennace · mmenace · mneace
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "menace" and "menacés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "menace" or "menacés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "menace" and "menacés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "menace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "menacés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "menace" and "menacés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mance vs menace". 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 #393,893 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.