Which to use
“mensuelles” and “mensuels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,393
- “mensuelles” frequency rank
- #16,673
- “mensuels” frequency rank
- 38066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mensuelles | mensuels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de mensuel. | Masculin pluriel de mensuel. |
Same sound, different letters: mensuelles vs mensuels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mensuelles runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCCVC) against mensuels's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - mensuelles / mensuels
This is the hard kind. mensuelles and mensuels 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mensuelles is recorded at frequency rank #21,393, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.sɥɛl\. mensuels is at rank #16,673, 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 38066, this pair ranks #257,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mensuelles vs mensuels
Shared letters: elmnsu. Private to "mensuelles": -. Private to "mensuels": -.
"mensuelles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC · "mensuels" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mensuelles ← emnsuelles · mennsuelles · menseulles · menssuelles · mensuelels · mensueles · mensuelless · mensuellse
- mensuels ← emnsuels · mennsuels · menseuls · menssuels · mensuells · mensuelss · mensuesl · mensules
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mensuelles" and "mensuels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mensuelles" vs "mensuels" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"mensuelles" and "mensuels" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mensuelles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mensuels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mensuelles" and "mensuels" 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 #257,911 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.