Which to use
“mixte” and “mixtes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,479
- “mixte” frequency rank
- #10,907
- “mixtes” frequency rank
- 16386
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mixte | mixtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est mélangé, qui est composé de plusieurs choses de différente nature et qui participe de la nature des unes et des autres. | Pluriel de mixte. |
Same sound, different letters: mixte vs mixtes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mixte and mixtes
This is the hard kind. mixte and mixtes are pronounced identically (\mikst\) 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) - “mixte” sits inside “mixtes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mixte is recorded at frequency rank #5,479, classified as anadj, pronounced \mikst\. mixtes is at rank #10,907, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mikst\.
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 16386, this pair ranks #388,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mixte vs mixtes
Shared letters: eimtx. Private to "mixte": -. Private to "mixtes": s.
"mixte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mixtes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mixte" for "mixtes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mixte" vs "mixtes" - 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 "mixte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mixtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mixte" and "mixtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mixtes vs mottes". 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 #388,071 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.