Which to use
“territorial” and “territoriales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,074
- “territorial” frequency rank
- #7,908
- “territoriales” frequency rank
- 19982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | territorial | territoriales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne un territoire. | Féminin pluriel de territorial. |
Same sound, different letters: territorial vs territoriales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. territorial runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against territoriales's 13 (CVCCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - territorial and territoriales
This is the hard kind. territorial and territoriales are pronounced identically (\tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\) 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) - “territorial” sits inside “territoriales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
territorial is recorded at frequency rank #12,074, classified as anadj, pronounced \tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\. territoriales is at rank #7,908, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal\.
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 19982, this pair ranks #370,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of territorial vs territoriales
Shared letters: aeilort. Private to "territorial": -. Private to "territoriales": s.
"territorial" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "territoriales" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- territorial ← etrritorial · terirtorial · teritorial · terriotrial · territoiral · territorail · territoriall · territorila
- territoriales ← etrritoriales · terirtoriales · teritoriales · terriotriales · territoirales · territorailes · territoriaels · territorialess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "territorial" for "territoriales" ever safe?
Which is more common, "territorial" or "territoriales"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "territorial" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "territoriales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "territorial" and "territoriales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "territorial vs territoriaux". 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 #370,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.