Which to use
“sexuel” and “sexuels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,712
- “sexuel” frequency rank
- #6,241
- “sexuels” frequency rank
- 10953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sexuel | sexuels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au sexe, chez l’être humain, les animaux et les plantes. | Masculin pluriel de sexuel. |
Same sound, different letters: sexuel vs sexuels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. sexuel runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against sexuels's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - sexuel and sexuels
This is the hard kind. sexuel and sexuels 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 1 extra letter(s) - “sexuel” sits inside “sexuels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10953, 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\. sexuels is at rank #6,241, 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 10953, this pair ranks #411,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sexuel vs sexuels
Shared letters: elsux. Private to "sexuel": -. Private to "sexuels": -.
"sexuel" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "sexuels" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sexuel" and "sexuels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sexuel" or "sexuels" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "sexuel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sexuels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sexuel" and "sexuels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sexual vs sexuels". 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 #411,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.