Which to use
“persistant” and “persistantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,028
- “persistant” frequency rank
- #29,077
- “persistantes” frequency rank
- 51105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persistant | persistantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui dure, qui résiste, qui demeure inchangé. | Féminin pluriel de persistant. |
Where the eye mixes persistant and persistantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses persistant with persistantes
A purely visual mix-up. persistant (\pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\) and persistantes (\pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “persistant” sits inside “persistantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
persistant is recorded at frequency rank #22,028, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\. persistantes is at rank #29,077, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃t\.
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 51105, this pair ranks #157,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of persistant vs persistantes
Shared letters: aeinprst. Private to "persistant": -. Private to "persistantes": -.
"persistant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "persistantes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- persistant ← eprsistant · perisstant · perrsistant · persisatnt · persisstant · persistannt · persistantt · persistatn
- persistantes ← eprsistantes · perisstantes · perrsistantes · persisatntes · persisstantes · persistanets · persistanntes · persistantess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "persistant" and "persistantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "persistant" or "persistantes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "persistant" and "persistantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "persistant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persistantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persistant" and "persistantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persistantes vs persistants". 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 #157,556 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.