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

#22,700
“scandaleuse” frequency rank
#42,607
“scandaleuses” frequency rank
65307
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature scandaleuse scandaleuses
Definition Féminin singulier de scandaleux. Féminin pluriel de scandaleux.

Same sound, different letters: scandaleuse vs scandaleuses

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. scandaleuse runs 11 letters (CCVCCVCVVCV) against scandaleuses's 12 (CCVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
scandaleuse
12 ch
scandaleuses

Homophone desk: scandaleuse vs scandaleuses

This is the hard kind. scandaleuse and scandaleuses are pronounced identically (\skɑ̃.da.løz\) 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) - “scandaleuse” sits inside “scandaleuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

scandaleuse is recorded at frequency rank #22,700, classified as anadj, pronounced \skɑ̃.da.løz\. scandaleuses is at rank #42,607, tagged as anadj, pronounced \skɑ̃.da.løz\.

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 65307, this pair ranks #72,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of scandaleuse vs scandaleuses

Shared letters: acdelnsu. Private to "scandaleuse": -. Private to "scandaleuses": -.

"scandaleuse" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCVVCV  ·  "scandaleuses" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • scandaleuse ← csandaleuse · sacndaleuse · scadnaleuse · scanadleuse · scandaeluse · scandalesue · scandaleues · scandaleusse
  • scandaleuses ← csandaleuses · sacndaleuses · scadnaleuses · scanadleuses · scandaeluses · scandalesues · scandaleuess · scandaleusess

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "scandaleuse" and "scandaleuses" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\skɑ̃.da.løz\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "scandaleuse" vs "scandaleuses" - which ranks higher?
"scandaleuse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,700 in our French list, against #42,607 for "scandaleuses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "scandaleuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "scandaleuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "scandaleuse" and "scandaleuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scandales vs scandaleuse". 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 #72,948 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