Which to use
“sensibilité” and “sensibilités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,702
- “sensibilité” frequency rank
- #24,386
- “sensibilités” frequency rank
- 30088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sensibilité | sensibilités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité par laquelle un sujet est sensible aux impressions physiques. | Pluriel de sensibilité. |
Same sound, different letters: sensibilité vs sensibilités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. sensibilité runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVCV) against sensibilités's 12 (CVCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - sensibilité / sensibilités
This is the hard kind. sensibilité and sensibilités are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\) 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) - “sensibilité” sits inside “sensibilités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sensibilité is recorded at frequency rank #5,702, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\. sensibilités is at rank #24,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\.
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 30088, this pair ranks #312,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sensibilité vs sensibilités
Shared letters: beilnsté. Private to "sensibilité": -. Private to "sensibilités": -.
"sensibilité" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV · "sensibilités" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sensibilité" and "sensibilités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sensibilité" or "sensibilités" show up more?
What to do next
"sensibilité" and "sensibilités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sensibilité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sensibilités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #312,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sensibilité" and "sensibilités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sensibilisés vs sensibilités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #312,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.