Which to use
“nationalité” and “nationalités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,087
- “nationalité” frequency rank
- #13,218
- “nationalités” frequency rank
- 17305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nationalité | nationalités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État d’une personne qui est membre d’une nation particulière. | Pluriel de nationalité. |
Same sound, different letters: nationalité vs nationalités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. nationalité runs 11 letters (CVCVVCVCVCV) against nationalités's 12 (CVCVVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - nationalité and nationalités
This is the hard kind. nationalité and nationalités are pronounced identically (\na.sjɔ.na.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) - “nationalité” sits inside “nationalités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nationalité is recorded at frequency rank #4,087, classified as anoun, pronounced \na.sjɔ.na.li.te\. nationalités is at rank #13,218, tagged as anoun, pronounced \na.sjɔ.na.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 17305, this pair ranks #383,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nationalité vs nationalités
Shared letters: ailnoté. Private to "nationalité": -. Private to "nationalités": s.
"nationalité" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCV · "nationalités" · 12 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "nationalité" and "nationalités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "nationalité" vs "nationalités" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "nationalité" / "nationalités". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "nationalité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nationalités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nationalité" and "nationalités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nationalismes vs nationalités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #383,829 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.