notentvsnotesTell them apart

Quick tell: notent is a verb, notes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“notent” is a verb and “notes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,268
“notent” frequency rank
#1,747
“notes” frequency rank
30015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature notent notes
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de noter. Pluriel de note.

Same sound, different letters: notent vs notes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

6 ch
notent
5 ch
notes

Ear matches; page differs - notent and notes

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: notent and notes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \nɔt\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

notent is recorded at frequency rank #28,268, classified as averb, pronounced \nɔt\. notes is at rank #1,747, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɔt\.

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 30015, this pair ranks #313,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of notent vs notes

Shared letters: enot. Private to "notent": -. Private to "notes": s.

"notent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "notes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • notentnnotent · noetnt · notennt · notentt · notetn · notnet · nottent · ntoent
  • notesnnotes · noets · notess · notse · nottes · ntoes · ontes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "notent" and "notes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "notent" is a verb and "notes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "notent" or "notes"?
"notes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,747 in our French list, against #28,268 for "notent". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

"notent" and "notes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "notent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "notes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #313,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "notent" and "notes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noient vs notent". 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 #313,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list