Which to use
“ondulé” and “ondulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,832
- “ondulé” frequency rank
- #47,486
- “ondulés” frequency rank
- 97318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ondulé | ondulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dont la surface présente ou semble présenter des ondulations. | Pluriel de ondulé. |
Same sound, different letters: ondulé vs ondulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ondulé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against ondulés's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - ondulé and ondulés
This is the hard kind. ondulé and ondulés are pronounced identically (\ɔ̃.dy.le\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “ondulé” sits inside “ondulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ondulé is recorded at frequency rank #49,832, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ̃.dy.le\. ondulés is at rank #47,486, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɔ̃.dy.le\.
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 97318, this pair ranks #372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ondulé vs ondulés
Shared letters: dlnoué. Private to "ondulé": -. Private to "ondulés": s.
"ondulé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "ondulés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ondulé" and "ondulés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ondulé" or "ondulés"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ondulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ondulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ondulé" and "ondulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ondulé vs ondulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.