Which to use
“mensuel” and “mensuelle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,206
- “mensuel” frequency rank
- #11,995
- “mensuelle” frequency rank
- 19201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mensuel | mensuelle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a lieu ou qui se fait tous les mois. | Féminin singulier de mensuel. |
Same sound, different letters: mensuel vs mensuelle
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mensuel runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against mensuelle's 9 (CVCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mensuel and mensuelle
This is the hard kind. mensuel and mensuelle are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.sɥɛl\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “mensuel” sits inside “mensuelle”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mensuel is recorded at frequency rank #7,206, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.sɥɛl\. mensuelle is at rank #11,995, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.sɥɛl\.
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 19201, this pair ranks #374,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mensuel vs mensuelle
Shared letters: elmnsu. Private to "mensuel": -. Private to "mensuelle": -.
"mensuel" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "mensuelle" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mensuel" and "mensuelle" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mensuel" or "mensuelle"?
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 "mensuel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mensuelle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mensuel" and "mensuelle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mensuelle vs mensuelles". 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 #374,451 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.