Which to use
“mensuelle” and “mensuelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,995
- “mensuelle” frequency rank
- #21,393
- “mensuelles” frequency rank
- 33388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mensuelle | mensuelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de mensuel. | Féminin pluriel de mensuel. |
Same sound, different letters: mensuelle vs mensuelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. mensuelle runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) 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 - mensuelle and mensuelles
This is the hard kind. mensuelle 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 1 extra letter(s) - “mensuelle” sits inside “mensuelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mensuelle is recorded at frequency rank #11,995, 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 33388, this pair ranks #290,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mensuelle vs mensuelles
Shared letters: elmnsu. Private to "mensuelle": -. Private to "mensuelles": -.
"mensuelle" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "mensuelles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mensuelle ← emnsuelle · mennsuelle · menseulle · menssuelle · mensuele · mensuelel · mensulele · menuselle
- mensuelles ← emnsuelles · mennsuelles · menseulles · menssuelles · mensuelels · mensueles · mensuelless · mensuellse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mensuelle" for "mensuelles" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mensuelle" or "mensuelles"?
Useful next steps
"mensuelle" and "mensuelles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mensuelle" 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 #290,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mensuelle" 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 #290,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.