Which to use
“transparent” and “transparentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,962
- “transparent” frequency rank
- #23,398
- “transparentes” frequency rank
- 34360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transparent | transparentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est diaphane, au travers de quoi l’on peut voir les objets. | Féminin pluriel de transparent. |
Where the eye mixes transparent and transparentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses transparent with transparentes
A purely visual mix-up. transparent (\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃\) and transparentes (\tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “transparent” sits inside “transparentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transparent is recorded at frequency rank #10,962, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃\. transparentes is at rank #23,398, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃t\.
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 34360, this pair ranks #284,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transparent vs transparentes
Shared letters: aenprst. Private to "transparent": -. Private to "transparentes": -.
"transparent" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVCC · "transparentes" · 13 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transparent ← rtansparent · tarnsparent · trannsparent · tranpsarent · transaprent · transpaernt · transparennt · transparentt
- transparentes ← rtansparentes · tarnsparentes · trannsparentes · tranpsarentes · transaprentes · transpaerntes · transparenets · transparenntes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "transparent" for "transparentes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "transparent" vs "transparentes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "transparent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transparentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transparent" and "transparentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transparaît vs transparent". 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 #284,386 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.