Which to use
“natte” is a noun and “nettes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,818
- “natte” frequency rank
- #18,543
- “nettes” frequency rank
- 68361
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | natte | nettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tissu de paille, de jonc, de roseau, etc., fait ordinairement de trois brins ou cordons entrelacés, et servant à couvrir les planchers, à revêtir les murs des chambres, etc. | Féminin pluriel de net. |
Where the eye mixes natte and nettes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: natte vs nettes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: natte is \nat\ while nettes is \nɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
natte is recorded at frequency rank #49,818, classified as anoun, pronounced \nat\. nettes is at rank #18,543, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nɛt\.
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 68361, this pair ranks #59,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of natte vs nettes
Shared letters: ent. Private to "natte": a. Private to "nettes": s.
"natte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "nettes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "natte" and "nettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "natte" or "nettes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "natte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "natte" and "nettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naitre vs natte". 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 #59,495 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.