Which to use
“mensuel” and “mensuelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,206
- “mensuel” frequency rank
- #21,393
- “mensuelles” frequency rank
- 28599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mensuel | mensuelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a lieu ou qui se fait tous les mois. | Féminin pluriel de mensuel. |
Same sound, different letters: mensuel vs mensuelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mensuel runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against mensuelles's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mensuel and mensuelles
This is the hard kind. mensuel and mensuelles 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 3 extra letter(s) - “mensuel” sits inside “mensuelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28599, 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\. mensuelles is at rank #21,393, 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 28599, this pair ranks #321,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mensuel vs mensuelles
Shared letters: elmnsu. Private to "mensuel": -. Private to "mensuelles": -.
"mensuel" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "mensuelles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mensuel ← emnsuel · mennsuel · menseul · menssuel · mensuell · mensule · menusel · mesnuel
- mensuelles ← emnsuelles · mennsuelles · menseulles · menssuelles · mensuelels · mensueles · mensuelless · mensuellse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mensuel" and "mensuelles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mensuel" vs "mensuelles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"mensuel" and "mensuelles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mensuel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mensuelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mensuel" and "mensuelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manuelles 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 #321,800 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.