Which to use
“spontanée” and “spontanées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,040
- “spontanée” frequency rank
- #31,749
- “spontanées” frequency rank
- 46789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | spontanée | spontanées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de spontané. | Féminin pluriel de spontané. |
Same sound, different letters: spontanée vs spontanées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. spontanée runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCVV) against spontanées's 10 (CCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - spontanée and spontanées
This is the hard kind. spontanée and spontanées 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) - “spontanée” sits inside “spontanées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
spontanée is recorded at frequency rank #15,040, classified as anadj, pronounced \spɔ̃.ta.ne\. spontanées is at rank #31,749, 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 46789, this pair ranks #192,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of spontanée vs spontanées
Shared letters: aenopsté. Private to "spontanée": -. Private to "spontanées": -.
"spontanée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVV · "spontanées" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "spontanée" for "spontanées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "spontanée" or "spontanées" show up more?
What to do next
"spontanée" and "spontanées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "spontanée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spontanées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "spontanée" and "spontanées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "spontanées vs spontanés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #192,069 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.