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

#15,771
“séduisant” frequency rank
#48,815
“séduisantes” frequency rank
64586
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature séduisant séduisantes
Definition Qui séduit, qui est propre à séduire, à plaire. Féminin pluriel de séduisant.

Letter map: séduisant vs séduisantes

Shared letters muted; letters that set séduisant and séduisantes apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. séduisant runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against séduisantes's 11 (CVCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
séduisant
11 ch
séduisantes

Corpus notes: séduisant and séduisantes

séduisant and séduisantes are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “séduisant” sits inside “séduisantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64586, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

séduisant is recorded at frequency rank #15,771, classified as anadj. séduisantes is at rank #48,815, tagged as anadj, pronounced \se.dɥi.zɑ̃t\.

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 64586, this pair ranks #76,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of séduisant vs séduisantes

Shared letters: adinstué. Private to "séduisant": -. Private to "séduisantes": e.

"séduisant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC  ·  "séduisantes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "séduisant" and "séduisantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “séduisant” sits inside “séduisantes”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "séduisant" or "séduisantes" show up more?
"séduisant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,771 in our French list, against #48,815 for "séduisantes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "séduisant" and "séduisantes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "séduisant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "séduisantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #76,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "séduisant" and "séduisantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "séduisantes vs séduisants". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #76,332 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