Which to use
“naissance” and “naissances” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,365
- “naissance” frequency rank
- #10,543
- “naissances” frequency rank
- 11908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | naissance | naissances |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Venue d’un être à la vie. | Pluriel de naissance. |
Same sound, different letters: naissance vs naissances
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. naissance runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCCV) against naissances's 10 (CVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: naissance vs naissances
This is the hard kind. naissance and naissances are pronounced identically (\nɛ.sɑ̃s\) 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) - “naissance” sits inside “naissances”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
naissance is recorded at frequency rank #1,365, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɛ.sɑ̃s\. naissances is at rank #10,543, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɛ.sɑ̃s\.
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 11908, this pair ranks #407,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of naissance vs naissances
Shared letters: aceins. Private to "naissance": -. Private to "naissances": -.
"naissance" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV · "naissances" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- naissance ← anissance · naisance · naisasnce · naissacne · naissancce · naissanec · naissannce · naissnace
- naissances ← anissances · naisances · naisasnces · naissacnes · naissancces · naissancess · naissancse · naissanecs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "naissance" for "naissances" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"naissance" and "naissances" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "naissance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "naissances" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "naissance" and "naissances" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naissances vs naissante". 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 #407,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.