Which to use
“mexicain” and “mexicains” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,696
- “mexicain” frequency rank
- #13,634
- “mexicains” frequency rank
- 23330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mexicain | mexicains |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se rapporte au Mexique, à ses habitants. | Pluriel de mexicain. |
Same sound, different letters: mexicain vs mexicains
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mexicain runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against mexicains's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mexicain vs mexicains
This is the hard kind. mexicain and mexicains are pronounced identically (\mɛk.si.kɛ̃\) 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) - “mexicain” sits inside “mexicains”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mexicain is recorded at frequency rank #9,696, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɛk.si.kɛ̃\. mexicains is at rank #13,634, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɛk.si.kɛ̃\.
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 23330, this pair ranks #353,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mexicain vs mexicains
Shared letters: aceimnx. Private to "mexicain": -. Private to "mexicains": s.
"mexicain" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "mexicains" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mexicain" and "mexicains" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mexicain" vs "mexicains" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mexicain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mexicains" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mexicain" and "mexicains" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mexicaines vs mexicains". 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 #353,133 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.