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“syndicale” and “syndicales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,749
“syndicale” frequency rank
#12,870
“syndicales” frequency rank
22619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature syndicale syndicales
Definition Féminin singulier de syndical. Féminin pluriel de syndical.

Same sound, different letters: syndicale vs syndicales

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. syndicale runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against syndicales's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
syndicale
10 ch
syndicales

Homophone desk: syndicale vs syndicales

This is the hard kind. syndicale and syndicales are pronounced identically (\sɛ̃.di.kal\) 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) - “syndicale” sits inside “syndicales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

syndicale is recorded at frequency rank #9,749, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.di.kal\. syndicales is at rank #12,870, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.di.kal\.

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 22619, this pair ranks #357,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of syndicale vs syndicales

Shared letters: acdeilnsy. Private to "syndicale": -. Private to "syndicales": -.

"syndicale" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "syndicales" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • syndicalesnydicale · ssyndicale · sydnicale · syndciale · synddicale · syndiacle · syndicael · syndicalle
  • syndicalessnydicales · ssyndicales · sydnicales · syndciales · synddicales · syndiacles · syndicaels · syndicaless

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "syndicale" and "syndicales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sɛ̃.di.kal\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "syndicale" vs "syndicales" - which ranks higher?
"syndicale" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,749 in our French list, against #12,870 for "syndicales". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "syndicale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "syndicales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #357,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "syndicale" and "syndicales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "syndicale vs syndicaux". 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 #357,017 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list