Which to use
“partiel” and “partielles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,537
- “partiel” frequency rank
- #16,199
- “partielles” frequency rank
- 22736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partiel | partielles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est qu’une partie d’un tout. | Féminin pluriel de partiel. |
Same sound, different letters: partiel vs partielles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. partiel runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against partielles's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - partiel / partielles
This is the hard kind. partiel and partielles are pronounced identically (\paʁ.sjɛl\) 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 3 extra letter(s) - “partiel” sits inside “partielles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partiel is recorded at frequency rank #6,537, classified as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.sjɛl\. partielles is at rank #16,199, tagged as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.sjɛl\.
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 22736, this pair ranks #356,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of partiel vs partielles
Shared letters: aeilprt. Private to "partiel": -. Private to "partielles": s.
"partiel" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "partielles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- partiel ← aprtiel · paritel · parrtiel · parteil · partiell · partile · parttiel · patriel
- partielles ← aprtielles · paritelles · parrtielles · parteilles · partielels · partieles · partielless · partiellse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "partiel" for "partielles" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "partiel" or "partielles" show up more?
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 "partiel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partielles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partiel" and "partielles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partiel vs Patel". 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 #356,431 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.