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Which to use

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

#18,335
“séduisante” frequency rank
#46,475
“séduisants” frequency rank
64810
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature séduisante séduisants
Definition Féminin singulier de séduisant. Masculin pluriel de séduisant.

Where the eye mixes séduisante and séduisants

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. séduisante (CVCVVCVCCV) and séduisants (CVCVVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
séduisante
10 ch
séduisants

Why the eye confuses séduisante with séduisants

A purely visual mix-up. séduisante (\se.dɥi.zɑ̃t\) and séduisants (\se.dɥi.zɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - e in “séduisante” becomes s in “séduisants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

séduisante is recorded at frequency rank #18,335, classified as anadj, pronounced \se.dɥi.zɑ̃t\. séduisants is at rank #46,475, tagged as anadj, pronounced \se.dɥi.zɑ̃\.

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 64810, this pair ranks #75,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of séduisante vs séduisants

Shared letters: adinstué. Private to "séduisante": e. Private to "séduisants": -.

"séduisante" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV  ·  "séduisants" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "séduisante" and "séduisants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\se.dɥi.zɑ̃t\ versus \se.dɥi.zɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "séduisante" or "séduisants" show up more?
"séduisante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,335 in our French list, against #46,475 for "séduisants". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "séduisante" and "séduisants" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "séduisante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "séduisants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "séduisante" and "séduisants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "séduisantes vs séduisants". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #75,214 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