Which to use
“vacant” and “vacante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,598
- “vacant” frequency rank
- #37,597
- “vacante” frequency rank
- 58195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vacant | vacante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas occupé ou qui est à remplir, en parlant des maisons, lieux et places qui ne sont pas occupés. | Féminin singulier de vacant. |
Where the eye mixes vacant and vacante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vacant runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against vacante's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between vacant and vacante
A purely visual mix-up. vacant (\va.kɑ̃\) and vacante (\va.kɑ̃t\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “vacant” sits inside “vacante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vacant is recorded at frequency rank #20,598, classified as anadj, pronounced \va.kɑ̃\. vacante is at rank #37,597, tagged as anadj, pronounced \va.kɑ̃t\.
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 58195, this pair ranks #110,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vacant vs vacante
Shared letters: acntv. Private to "vacant": -. Private to "vacante": e.
"vacant" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "vacante" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vacant" and "vacante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vacant" or "vacante" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vacant" and "vacante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vacant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vacante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vacant" and "vacante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vacante vs vacuité". 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 #110,482 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.