Which to use
“pleine” and “pleines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,146
- “pleine” frequency rank
- #8,908
- “pleines” frequency rank
- 10054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pleine | pleines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de plein. | Féminin pluriel de plein. |
Same sound, different letters: pleine vs pleines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: pleine vs pleines
This is the hard kind. pleine and pleines are pronounced identically (\plɛn\) 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) - “pleine” sits inside “pleines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pleine is recorded at frequency rank #1,146, classified as anadj, pronounced \plɛn\. pleines is at rank #8,908, tagged as anadj, pronounced \plɛn\.
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 10054, this pair ranks #414,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pleine vs pleines
Shared letters: eilnp. Private to "pleine": -. Private to "pleines": s.
"pleine" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "pleines" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pleine" and "pleines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pleine" vs "pleines" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "pleine" / "pleines". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pleine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pleines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pleine" and "pleines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peins vs pleines". 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 #414,383 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.