Which to use
“spontané” and “spontanés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,993
- “spontané” frequency rank
- #37,075
- “spontanés” frequency rank
- 57068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | spontané | spontanés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que l’on fait de soi-même, de façon autonome. | Masculin pluriel de spontané. |
Same sound, different letters: spontané vs spontanés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. spontané runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against spontanés's 9 (CCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - spontané / spontanés
This is the hard kind. spontané and spontanés are pronounced identically (\spɔ̃.ta.ne\) 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) - “spontané” sits inside “spontanés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
spontané is recorded at frequency rank #19,993, classified as anadj, pronounced \spɔ̃.ta.ne\. spontanés is at rank #37,075, tagged as anadj, pronounced \spɔ̃.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 57068, this pair ranks #117,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of spontané vs spontanés
Shared letters: anopsté. Private to "spontané": -. Private to "spontanés": -.
"spontané" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "spontanés" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "spontané" and "spontanés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "spontané" vs "spontanés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"spontané" and "spontanés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "spontané" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spontanés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "spontané" and "spontanés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "spontanées vs spontanés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #117,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.