opérationnelle vs opérationnelles

Which to use

“opérationnelle” and “opérationnelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,264
“opérationnelle” frequency rank: #20,803
“opérationnelles” frequency rank: 32067
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	opérationnelle	opérationnelles
Definition	Féminin singulier de opérationnel.	Féminin pluriel de opérationnel.

Same sound, different letters: opérationnelle vs opérationnelles

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. opérationnelle runs 14 letters (VCVCVCVVCCVCCV) against opérationnelles's 15 (VCVCVCVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch

opérationnelle

15 ch

opérationnelles

Ear matches; page differs - opérationnelle and opérationnelles

This is the hard kind. opérationnelle and opérationnelles are pronounced identically (\ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\) 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) - “opérationnelle” sits inside “opérationnelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

opérationnelle is recorded at frequency rank #11,264, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\. opérationnelles is at rank #20,803, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\.

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 32067, this pair ranks #299,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of opérationnelle vs opérationnelles

Shared letters: aeilnoprté. Private to "opérationnelle": -. Private to "opérationnelles": s.

"opérationnelle" · 14 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCCVCCV · "opérationnelles" · 15 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "opérationnelle" for "opérationnelles" ever safe?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

In ordinary French text, does "opérationnelle" or "opérationnelles" show up more?

"opérationnelle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,264 in our French list, against #20,803 for "opérationnelles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "opérationnelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "opérationnelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #299,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"opérationnelle" and "opérationnelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "opérationnelles vs opérationnels". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #299,754 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.