Which to use
“protéine” and “protéines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,468
- “protéine” frequency rank
- #7,486
- “protéines” frequency rank
- 22954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | protéine | protéines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Macromolécule constituée d’une ou plusieurs chaînes d’au moins cinquante acides aminés appelées polypeptides, auxquelles sont souvent ajoutés des groupements divers, et possédant une structure tridimensionnelle. | Pluriel de protéine. |
Same sound, different letters: protéine vs protéines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. protéine runs 8 letters (CCVCVVCV) against protéines's 9 (CCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - protéine / protéines
This is the hard kind. protéine and protéines are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.te.in\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “protéine” sits inside “protéines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
protéine is recorded at frequency rank #15,468, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.te.in\. protéines is at rank #7,486, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.te.in\.
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 22954, this pair ranks #355,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of protéine vs protéines
Shared letters: einoprté. Private to "protéine": -. Private to "protéines": s.
"protéine" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV · "protéines" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"protéine" and "protéines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "protéine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "protéines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "protéine" and "protéines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "promené vs protéine". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #355,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.