Which to use
“terminal” and “terminales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,167
- “terminal” frequency rank
- #27,635
- “terminales” frequency rank
- 35802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terminal | terminales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui termine une chose, qui en occupe ou en forme l’extrémité. | Féminin pluriel de terminal. |
Same sound, different letters: terminal vs terminales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. terminal runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against terminales's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - terminal and terminales
This is the hard kind. terminal and terminales are pronounced identically (\tɛʁ.mi.nal\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “terminal” sits inside “terminales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
terminal is recorded at frequency rank #8,167, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɛʁ.mi.nal\. terminales is at rank #27,635, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɛʁ.mi.nal\.
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 35802, this pair ranks #274,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of terminal vs terminales
Shared letters: aeilmnrt. Private to "terminal": -. Private to "terminales": s.
"terminal" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "terminales" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- terminal ← etrminal · temrinal · terimnal · termianl · terminall · terminla · terminnal · termminal
- terminales ← etrminales · temrinales · terimnales · termianles · terminaels · terminaless · terminalles · terminalse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "terminal" and "terminales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "terminal" vs "terminales" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "terminal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "terminales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "terminal" and "terminales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terminal vs terminez". 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 #274,128 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.