Which to use
“nuitée” and “nuitées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,481
- “nuitée” frequency rank
- #38,451
- “nuitées” frequency rank
- 85932
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nuitée | nuitées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Durée d’une nuit, notamment pour le sommeil. | Pluriel de nuitée. |
Same sound, different letters: nuitée vs nuitées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. nuitée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against nuitées's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - nuitée / nuitées
This is the hard kind. nuitée and nuitées are pronounced identically (\nɥi.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) - “nuitée” sits inside “nuitées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nuitée is recorded at frequency rank #47,481, classified as anoun, pronounced \nɥi.te\. nuitées is at rank #38,451, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɥi.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 85932, this pair ranks #10,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nuitée vs nuitées
Shared letters: eintué. Private to "nuitée": -. Private to "nuitées": s.
"nuitée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "nuitées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nuitée" for "nuitées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "nuitée" or "nuitées"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "nuitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nuitées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nuitée" and "nuitées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Nicée vs nuitée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #10,517 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.