Which to use
“significatif” and “significatifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,926
- “significatif” frequency rank
- #15,761
- “significatifs” frequency rank
- 24687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | significatif | significatifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui exprime bien, qui a une signification claire et précise. | Masculin pluriel de significatif. |
Same sound, different letters: significatif vs significatifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. significatif runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVC) against significatifs's 13 (CVCCVCVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - significatif / significatifs
This is the hard kind. significatif and significatifs are pronounced identically (\si.ɲi.fi.ka.tif\) 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) - “significatif” sits inside “significatifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
significatif is recorded at frequency rank #8,926, classified as anadj, pronounced \si.ɲi.fi.ka.tif\. significatifs is at rank #15,761, tagged as anadj, pronounced \si.ɲi.fi.ka.tif\.
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 24687, this pair ranks #345,188 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of significatif vs significatifs
Shared letters: acfginst. Private to "significatif": -. Private to "significatifs": -.
"significatif" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC · "significatifs" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- significatif ← isgnificatif · sginificatif · siggnificatif · siginficatif · signfiicatif · signifciatif · signifficatif · signifiactif
- significatifs ← isgnificatifs · sginificatifs · siggnificatifs · siginficatifs · signfiicatifs · signifciatifs · signifficatifs · signifiactifs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "significatif" and "significatifs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "significatif" vs "significatifs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"significatif" and "significatifs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "significatif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "significatifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,188 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "significatif" and "significatifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "significatifs vs significatives". 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 #345,188 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.