Which to use
“pertinence” is a noun and “pertinentes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,750
- “pertinence” frequency rank
- #15,716
- “pertinentes” frequency rank
- 24466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pertinence | pertinentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité de ce qui est pertinent. | Féminin pluriel de pertinent. |
Where the eye mixes pertinence and pertinentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. pertinence runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCV) against pertinentes's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pertinence and pertinentes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pertinence is \pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\ while pertinentes is \pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pertinence is recorded at frequency rank #8,750, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\. pertinentes is at rank #15,716, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃t\.
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 24466, this pair ranks #346,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pertinence vs pertinentes
Shared letters: einprt. Private to "pertinence": c. Private to "pertinentes": s.
"pertinence" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "pertinentes" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pertinence ← eprtinence · peritnence · perrtinence · pertiennce · pertinecne · pertinencce · pertinenec · pertinennce
- pertinentes ← eprtinentes · peritnentes · perrtinentes · pertienntes · pertinenets · pertinenntes · pertinentess · pertinentse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pertinence" and "pertinentes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pertinence" or "pertinentes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pertinence" and "pertinentes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pertinence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pertinentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pertinence" and "pertinentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pertinentes vs pertinents". 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 #346,475 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.