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“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.

10 ch
mensuelles
8 ch
mensuels

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

  • mensuellesemnsuelles · mennsuelles · menseulles · menssuelles · mensuelels · mensueles · mensuelless · mensuellse
  • mensuelsemnsuels · mennsuels · menseuls · menssuels · mensuells · mensuelss · mensuesl · mensules

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mensuelles" and "mensuels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\mɑ̃.sɥɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "mensuelles" vs "mensuels" - which ranks higher?
"mensuels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,673 in our French list, against #21,393 for "mensuelles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list