Which to use
“persistante” and “persistantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,648
- “persistante” frequency rank
- #29,077
- “persistantes” frequency rank
- 51725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persistante | persistantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de persistant. | Féminin pluriel de persistant. |
Same sound, different letters: persistante vs persistantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Homophone desk: persistante vs persistantes
This is the hard kind. persistante and persistantes are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃t\) 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) - “persistante” sits inside “persistantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
persistante is recorded at frequency rank #22,648, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃t\. 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 51725, this pair ranks #152,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of persistante vs persistantes
Shared letters: aeinprst. Private to "persistante": -. Private to "persistantes": -.
"persistante" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV · "persistantes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- persistante ← eprsistante · perisstante · perrsistante · persisatnte · persisstante · persistanet · persistannte · persistantte
- persistantes ← eprsistantes · perisstantes · perrsistantes · persisatntes · persisstantes · persistanets · persistanntes · persistantess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "persistante" for "persistantes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "persistante" or "persistantes"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "persistante" / "persistantes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "persistante" 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 #152,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persistante" 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 #152,912 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.