Which to use
“nasale” is a noun and “nasales” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,799
- “nasale” frequency rank
- #45,750
- “nasales” frequency rank
- 79549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nasale | nasales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Consonne nasale, c’est-à-dire dont le son passe par les fosses nasales. | Féminin pluriel de nasal. |
Same sound, different letters: nasale vs nasales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. nasale runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against nasales's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - nasale / nasales
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: nasale and nasales carry the same recorded pronunciation, \na.zal\. 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) - “nasale” sits inside “nasales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nasale is recorded at frequency rank #33,799, classified as anoun, pronounced \na.zal\. nasales is at rank #45,750, tagged as anadj, pronounced \na.zal\.
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 79549, this pair ranks #23,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nasale vs nasales
Shared letters: aelns. Private to "nasale": -. Private to "nasales": -.
"nasale" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "nasales" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"nasale" and "nasales" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "nasale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nasales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nasale" and "nasales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nasal vs nasales". 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 #23,026 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.