Which to use
“mexicaine” and “mexicaines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,316
- “mexicaine” frequency rank
- #34,189
- “mexicaines” frequency rank
- 48505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mexicaine | mexicaines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de mexicain. | Féminin pluriel de mexicain. |
Same sound, different letters: mexicaine vs mexicaines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. mexicaine runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against mexicaines's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mexicaine vs mexicaines
This is the hard kind. mexicaine and mexicaines are pronounced identically (\mɛk.si.kɛn\) 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) - “mexicaine” sits inside “mexicaines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mexicaine is recorded at frequency rank #14,316, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɛk.si.kɛn\. mexicaines is at rank #34,189, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɛk.si.kɛn\.
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 48505, this pair ranks #178,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mexicaine vs mexicaines
Shared letters: aceimnx. Private to "mexicaine": -. Private to "mexicaines": s.
"mexicaine" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "mexicaines" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mexicaine ← emxicaine · meixcaine · mexciaine · mexiacine · mexicaien · mexicainne · mexicanie · mexiccaine
- mexicaines ← emxicaines · meixcaines · mexciaines · mexiacines · mexicaiens · mexicainess · mexicainnes · mexicainse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mexicaine" and "mexicaines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mexicaine" vs "mexicaines" - 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 "mexicaine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mexicaines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mexicaine" and "mexicaines" 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 #178,371 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.