quotidiennevsquotidiensTell them apart

Which to use

“quotidienne” and “quotidiens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,610
“quotidienne” frequency rank
#9,544
“quotidiens” frequency rank
14154
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quotidienne quotidiens
Definition Féminin singulier de quotidien. Masculin pluriel de quotidien.

Where the eye mixes quotidienne and quotidiens

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. quotidienne runs 11 letters (CVVCVCVVCCV) against quotidiens's 10 (CVVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
quotidienne
10 ch
quotidiens

Why the eye confuses quotidienne with quotidiens

A purely visual mix-up. quotidienne (\kɔ.ti.djɛn\) and quotidiens (\kɔ.ti.djɛ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quotidienne is recorded at frequency rank #4,610, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ti.djɛn\. quotidiens is at rank #9,544, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ti.djɛ̃\.

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 14154, this pair ranks #397,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of quotidienne vs quotidiens

Shared letters: deinoqtu. Private to "quotidienne": -. Private to "quotidiens": s.

"quotidienne" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVVCCV  ·  "quotidiens" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quotidienne ← qoutidienne · qquotidienne · quoitdienne · quotdiienne · quotiddienne · quotideinne · quotidiene · quotidienen
  • quotidiens ← qoutidiens · qquotidiens · quoitdiens · quotdiiens · quotiddiens · quotideins · quotidienns · quotidienss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "quotidienne" for "quotidiens" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.ti.djɛn\ versus \kɔ.ti.djɛ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "quotidienne" or "quotidiens"?
"quotidienne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,610 in our French list, against #9,544 for "quotidiens". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quotidienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quotidiens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #397,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quotidienne" and "quotidiens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quotidiennes vs quotidiens". 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 #397,957 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list