Which to use
“piétonne” is a noun and “piétonnes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,077
- “piétonne” frequency rank
- #43,067
- “piétonnes” frequency rank
- 68144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piétonne | piétonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme piéton ou fille piétonne. Piéton de sexe féminin. | Féminin pluriel de piéton. |
Same sound, different letters: piétonne vs piétonnes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. piétonne runs 8 letters (CVVCVCCV) against piétonnes's 9 (CVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - piétonne and piétonnes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: piétonne and piétonnes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pje.tɔn\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “piétonne” sits inside “piétonnes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piétonne is recorded at frequency rank #25,077, classified as anoun, pronounced \pje.tɔn\. piétonnes is at rank #43,067, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pje.tɔn\.
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 68144, this pair ranks #60,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piétonne vs piétonnes
Shared letters: einopté. Private to "piétonne": -. Private to "piétonnes": s.
"piétonne" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV · "piétonnes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "piétonne" and "piétonnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "piétonne" or "piétonnes"?
What to do next
"piétonne" and "piétonnes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "piétonne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piétonnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piétonne" and "piétonnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piétonnes vs piétonnier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #60,364 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.