Which to use
“sensorielle” and “sensorielles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,308
- “sensorielle” frequency rank
- #41,003
- “sensorielles” frequency rank
- 75311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sensorielle | sensorielles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de sensoriel. | Féminin pluriel de sensoriel. |
Same sound, different letters: sensorielle vs sensorielles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. sensorielle runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVVCCV) against sensorielles's 12 (CVCCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - sensorielle and sensorielles
This is the hard kind. sensorielle and sensorielles are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.sɔ.ʁjɛl\) 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) - “sensorielle” sits inside “sensorielles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sensorielle is recorded at frequency rank #34,308, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.sɔ.ʁjɛl\. sensorielles is at rank #41,003, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɑ̃.sɔ.ʁjɛl\.
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 75311, this pair ranks #34,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sensorielle vs sensorielles
Shared letters: eilnors. Private to "sensorielle": -. Private to "sensorielles": -.
"sensorielle" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV · "sensorielles" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sensorielle ← esnsorielle · sennsorielle · senosrielle · sensoirelle · sensoreille · sensoriele · sensorielel · sensorilele
- sensorielles ← esnsorielles · sennsorielles · senosrielles · sensoirelles · sensoreilles · sensorielels · sensorieles · sensorielless
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sensorielle" and "sensorielles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sensorielle" or "sensorielles"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "sensorielle" / "sensorielles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "sensorielle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sensorielles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sensorielle" and "sensorielles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sensorielles vs sensoriels". 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 #34,462 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.