Which to use
“simultanée” and “simultanées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,097
- “simultanée” frequency rank
- #36,592
- “simultanées” frequency rank
- 58689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | simultanée | simultanées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de parties jouées en même temps par un seul joueur contre plusieurs adversaires. | Pluriel de simultanée. |
Same sound, different letters: simultanée vs simultanées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. simultanée runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVV) against simultanées's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - simultanée / simultanées
This is the hard kind. simultanée and simultanées are pronounced identically (\si.myl.ta.ne\) 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) - “simultanée” sits inside “simultanées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
simultanée is recorded at frequency rank #22,097, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.myl.ta.ne\. simultanées is at rank #36,592, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.myl.ta.ne\.
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 58689, this pair ranks #107,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of simultanée vs simultanées
Shared letters: aeilmnstué. Private to "simultanée": -. Private to "simultanées": -.
"simultanée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV · "simultanées" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "simultanée" and "simultanées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "simultanée" or "simultanées"?
What to do next
"simultanée" and "simultanées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "simultanée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "simultanées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "simultanée" and "simultanées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "simultanées vs simultanés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #107,517 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.