musulmanevsmusulmanesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: musulmane is a noun, musulmanes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“musulmane” is a noun and “musulmanes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,051
“musulmane” frequency rank
#10,748
“musulmanes” frequency rank
15799
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature musulmane musulmanes
Definition Femme musulmane. Féminin pluriel de musulman.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set musulmane and musulmanes apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
musulmane
10 ch
musulmanes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: musulmane and musulmanes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \my.zyl.man\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “musulmane” sits inside “musulmanes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15799, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

musulmane is recorded at frequency rank #5,051, classified as anoun, pronounced \my.zyl.man\. musulmanes is at rank #10,748, tagged as anadj, pronounced \my.zyl.man\.

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 15799, this pair ranks #390,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of musulmane vs musulmanes

Shared letters: aelmnsu. Private to "musulmane": -. Private to "musulmanes": -.

"musulmane" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "musulmanes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • musulmanemmusulmane · msuulmane · muslumane · mussulmane · musulamne · musullmane · musulmaen · musulmanne
  • musulmanesmmusulmanes · msuulmanes · muslumanes · mussulmanes · musulamnes · musullmanes · musulmaens · musulmaness

Frequency comparison

musulmane#5,051
musulmanes#10,748

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "musulmane" and "musulmanes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "musulmane" is a noun and "musulmanes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "musulmane" or "musulmanes"?
"musulmane" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,051 in our French list, against #10,748 for "musulmanes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering musulmane vs musulmanes

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “musulmane”; for an adjective, it's “musulmanes”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “musulmane” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list