Which to use
“sexuel” and “sexuelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,712
- “sexuel” frequency rank
- #4,892
- “sexuelles” frequency rank
- 9604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sexuel | sexuelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au sexe, chez l’être humain, les animaux et les plantes. | Féminin pluriel de sexuel. |
Same sound, different letters: sexuel vs sexuelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. sexuel runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against sexuelles's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: sexuel vs sexuelles
This is the hard kind. sexuel and sexuelles are pronounced identically (\sɛk.sɥɛl\) 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 3 extra letter(s) - “sexuel” sits inside “sexuelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sexuel is recorded at frequency rank #4,712, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛk.sɥɛl\. sexuelles is at rank #4,892, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɛk.sɥɛl\.
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 9604, this pair ranks #416,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sexuel vs sexuelles
Shared letters: elsux. Private to "sexuel": -. Private to "sexuelles": -.
"sexuel" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "sexuelles" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sexuel" and "sexuelles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sexuel" vs "sexuelles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "sexuel" / "sexuelles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "sexuel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sexuelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sexuel" and "sexuelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sexual vs sexuel". 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 #416,066 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.