Which to use
“mentionnant” and “mentionnons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,342
- “mentionnant” frequency rank
- #36,046
- “mentionnons” frequency rank
- 55388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mentionnant | mentionnons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de mentionner. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mentionner. |
Where the eye mixes mentionnant and mentionnons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mentionnant and mentionnons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mentionnant vs mentionnons
A purely visual mix-up. mentionnant (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɑ̃\) and mentionnons (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mentionnant is recorded at frequency rank #19,342, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɑ̃\. mentionnons is at rank #36,046, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɔ̃\.
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 55388, this pair ranks #127,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mentionnant vs mentionnons
Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mentionnant": a. Private to "mentionnons": s.
"mentionnant" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC · "mentionnons" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mentionnant ← emntionnant · menitonnant · menntionnant · mentinonant · mentionannt · mentionant · mentionnannt · mentionnantt
- mentionnons ← emntionnons · menitonnons · menntionnons · mentinonons · mentionnnos · mentionnonns · mentionnonss · mentionnosn
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mentionnant" and "mentionnons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentionnent vs mentionnons". 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 #127,770 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.