Which to use
“modalité” and “modalités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,863
- “modalité” frequency rank
- #6,217
- “modalités” frequency rank
- 36080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | modalité | modalités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité, manière d’être. | Pluriel de modalité. |
Same sound, different letters: modalité vs modalités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. modalité runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against modalités's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - modalité / modalités
This is the hard kind. modalité and modalités are pronounced identically (\mɔ.da.li.te\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “modalité” sits inside “modalités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
modalité is recorded at frequency rank #29,863, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.da.li.te\. modalités is at rank #6,217, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.da.li.te\.
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 36080, this pair ranks #272,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of modalité vs modalités
Shared letters: adilmoté. Private to "modalité": -. Private to "modalités": s.
"modalité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "modalités" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "modalité" for "modalités" ever safe?
Which is more common, "modalité" or "modalités"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "modalité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "modalités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "modalité" and "modalités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modalité vs moraliste". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #272,144 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.